as in particle
a very small piece
not a molecule of sense in that girl
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Those include blood glucose levels, blood pressure, waist circumference, cholesterol profile (the body's levels of triglycerides, a type of harmful fat found in the blood), and high-density lipoprotein (a beneficial cholesterol-carrying molecule).
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Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
How sugar affects your skin’s aging Glycation is a natural process that occurs when excess sugar molecules bind to proteins, creating something called advanced glycation end products (AGEs).
—Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
Amino acids are complex molecules that can link up to form proteins, which in turn perform most biological functions.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025
This briny water would have been an ideal place for new chemical reactions to take place and for organic molecules to form.
—Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2025
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Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
How sugar affects your skin’s aging Glycation is a natural process that occurs when excess sugar molecules bind to proteins, creating something called advanced glycation end products (AGEs).
—Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
Amino acids are complex molecules that can link up to form proteins, which in turn perform most biological functions.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2025
This briny water would have been an ideal place for new chemical reactions to take place and for organic molecules to form.
—Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molecule
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The particles can pass through any kind of matter and contain information about some of the most energetic events in the universe, such as gamma-ray bursts.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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In effect, the particles accelerate by surfing on these waves.—
The Physics arXiv Blog,
Discover Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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What sets Friedrich apart from everyone else is that solitary human being and his dual nature: both a tiny speck in the universe and the center of it all.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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One of them shows the moon from a distance—a tiny white speck in a sea of black—and the other captures the lander’s hardware with a view of the moon in the background.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Feb. 2025
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Auroras occur when a blast of solar material and strong magnetic fields from the sun interact with the atoms and molecules in Earth's outer atmosphere, according to NOAA.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
24 Jan. 2025
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At the heart of Aamir’s delicate porcelain sculptures lies a fascination with how nature constructs something atom by atom or cell by cell.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Then take a teeny bit of neutral cooking oil (like canola or vegetable), smear on a paper towel, and give it a light coating.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appétit,
6 Feb. 2025
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There was bit of fear around killing Billy, who had quickly become a big part of the show.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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The song structures melt into goo; the lyrics pelt flecks of raw feeling.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
3 Dec. 2024
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Each light is attached to a green string to easily blend into your tree, and once the lights are turned on, the liquid inside each bulb bubbles to reveal floating flecks of gold glitter to make your tree shine.—
Kaitlin Gates,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2024
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Cultural burning on a Juncus patches is usually for weavers.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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He’s disconcerted but not deterred when her behavior becomes less and less like that of a woman whose husband is pretty much presumed dead after his shirt and wallet are found on the rocks overlooking a patch of ocean known for its treacherous currents.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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The grain, wheat and other commodities that USAID distributes around the world are bought here in America to the tune of about $2 billion a year.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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The background gets predictably noisy due to the Tiny SE’s small sensor, showing significantly more grain across flat surfaces than the Tiny 2.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
6 Feb. 2025
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But there are snippets of Epstein’s Jewish story in addition to the synagogue scene.—
Stephen Silver,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2025
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Budden and his crew reacted to the snippet on a recent episode of his eponymous podcast.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Molecule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molecule. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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