under a/the microscope
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: in a state of being watched very closely
Celebrities can find it difficult (to be) living under the microscope.
The business has recently been put under the microscope by federal investigators.
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Buchwal's team analyzed samples from 25 Scots pine trees and 54 juniper shrubs, staining and photographing their growth rings under a microscope.
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Certain types of leukemia change the appearance of chromosomes under a microscope.
—Doru Paul, Health, 10 Jan. 2025
At the University of Córdoba in Spain, not long ago, biologists snapping images of the cyanobacteria under a microscope saw a cell that had grown a long, thin tube and grabbed hold of its neighbor.
—Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
But now, some of the operating practices that helped Jeju Air keep its costs low are under a microscope.
—Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Certain types of leukemia change the appearance of chromosomes under a microscope.
—Doru Paul, Health, 10 Jan. 2025
At the University of Córdoba in Spain, not long ago, biologists snapping images of the cyanobacteria under a microscope saw a cell that had grown a long, thin tube and grabbed hold of its neighbor.
—Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
But now, some of the operating practices that helped Jeju Air keep its costs low are under a microscope.
—Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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