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An arm dissolves into an X-ray-like wisp, or a froth of tulle.
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Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
Her hair was swept into an updo with a few curly wisps framing her face.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
However, the team could not rule out a thin gas layer, and a later modeling effort suggested a wisp of oxygen or water vapor could fit the data.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 20 June 2024
These forces help determine the speed at which a world spins, the wobble of its axis, and the invisible boundary between it and the rest of the universe, the line where the final wisps of its atmosphere end and space begins.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2024
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Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
Her hair was swept into an updo with a few curly wisps framing her face.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
However, the team could not rule out a thin gas layer, and a later modeling effort suggested a wisp of oxygen or water vapor could fit the data.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 20 June 2024
These forces help determine the speed at which a world spins, the wobble of its axis, and the invisible boundary between it and the rest of the universe, the line where the final wisps of its atmosphere end and space begins.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Wisp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wisp. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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