as in tiny
very small in size
made atomic adjustments to the clock's mechanism to keep it from whirring as it ran
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Recent Examples of atomic
American bombs, both atomic and incendiary, had devastated Japan as well.
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Hannah Beech, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Core Power The heart of these atomic Liberty ships is a compact molten salt reactor, which is an advanced version of a design first developed in the 1950s.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
Overall, the simple breaking of one chemical bond has at least four distinct stages and requires multiple amino acids to be positioned within the enzyme's active site with atomic precision.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2025
Radiation levels have not increased, Zelenskyy and the U.N. atomic agency said.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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Hannah Beech, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Core Power The heart of these atomic Liberty ships is a compact molten salt reactor, which is an advanced version of a design first developed in the 1950s.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
Overall, the simple breaking of one chemical bond has at least four distinct stages and requires multiple amino acids to be positioned within the enzyme's active site with atomic precision.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2025
Radiation levels have not increased, Zelenskyy and the U.N. atomic agency said.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atomic
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Pollen Pollen is a powdery substance made of tiny grains that plants release to propagate.—
Nancy LeBrun,
Verywell Health,
17 Mar. 2025
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Instead of worksheets and textbooks, children practice adding and subtracting with tiny toy bears.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2025
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Other than minuscule amounts of state funding in some cases and a smattering of private donations, tribal colleges that lose any federal funding have few other sources of income.—
Matt Krupnick,
ProPublica,
10 Mar. 2025
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The birds are already minuscule and delicate, and many of the ones Masear works with are babies whose mothers have disappeared or died, which puts them in even greater peril.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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The jets assigned to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande were parked nearby, appearing almost miniature in comparison.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Here's how to present your kids with a miniature lunch: Line a small empty matchbox with foil or parchment paper (so that the food can be eaten, if desired).—
Kimberly Stoney,
Parents,
19 Mar. 2025
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But humans are generally unaware of the rich microscopic world beneath our feet, in part because until relatively recently, scientists had few tools to accurately catalog such tiny species.—
Paulina Rowińska,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025
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Nematodes are thread-like microscopic organisms, some species of which create root galls that prevent water uptake and cause wilting of vegetable crops such as tomato, potato, cucumber, carrot, onion, and many others.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Atomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atomic. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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