as in specks
a very small piece
there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house
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Noun
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The Barcelona study exposed the tiny plastic particles to human intestinal cells and found they were absorbed in large amounts by digestive cells that produce mucus, even making their way into the cells' nuclei, where the DNA is kept.—
Hatty Willmoth,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025 -
Some tea bags release billions of tiny plastic particles when immersed in hot water, creating tea that can harm your health and increase your risk of cancer—but not all tea is equally as dangerous.—
Hatty Willmoth,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Whole grains like wheat and oats as well as pseudograins like quinoa.—
Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
23 Dec. 2024
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Sources of magnesium include whole grains, leafy greens, nuts, seeds, and legumes.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN,
Health,
23 Dec. 2024
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By analyzing fossil molecules in sediments deposited around 65 to 66 million years ago in the interior of the North American continent, the scientific team reconstructed air temperatures for the entire time period.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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The structure of these molecules changes depending on the temperature of the environment the bacteria once lived in.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Motes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motes. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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