mote
noun
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
motes
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pluralof mote.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As workers wiped away the last motes of construction dust in the new Paddington station for the Elizabeth line, Byford took a group of international reporters through the system for a tour.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2022
How do you get from microscopic motes to entire worlds thousands of kilometers across?
From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2020
“What he came to believe, I think deeply and honestly, was that human beings were insignificant little dust motes in this enormous universe and that eventually we would discover that we were not particularly significant.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2020
But the superconducting sensors could measure only the average field across the zircons, which are as small as motes of dust.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 22, 2020
Now Brinker, with his steady wit and ceaseless plans, Brinker had nothing to offer in place of Leper’s dust motes and creeping ivy and snails.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
