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Recent Examples of micro
The agency’s work has two essential tracks: the micro view of individual complaints and the macro view across all complaints that informs broader regulation and lawsuits.
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Matt Sedensky, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The results of that work were published in Advanced Materials last August.
After embedding the single antimony atom, the resist is removed, and using the alignment marks for reference, the engineers fabricated a transistor and a micro antenna on top of the antimony atom.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2025
In this study, scientists injected plastics of three different sizes—micro, smaller micro and nano—into eight-week-old male mice, at levels designed to mimic amounts to which humans might be exposed.
—Hatty Willmoth, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
The multi-hyphenate sported an all-white jumpsuit with a micro leather belt bag while attending the 2025 Sundance Film Festival last month.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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Matt Sedensky, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The results of that work were published in Advanced Materials last August.
After embedding the single antimony atom, the resist is removed, and using the alignment marks for reference, the engineers fabricated a transistor and a micro antenna on top of the antimony atom.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2025
In this study, scientists injected plastics of three different sizes—micro, smaller micro and nano—into eight-week-old male mice, at levels designed to mimic amounts to which humans might be exposed.
—Hatty Willmoth, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
The multi-hyphenate sported an all-white jumpsuit with a micro leather belt bag while attending the 2025 Sundance Film Festival last month.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for micro
Adjective
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The accessories include two different sized claw clips and a mini detangling brush.—
Emma Sandler,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Whether traveling by train, bus, plane, or car, this mini purifier will help clean the air around you and your little ones.—
Ramona Saviss,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The addition of comprehensive model evaluation tools and multi-model inference capabilities positions Bedrock as a mature platform for enterprise AI initiatives.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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The United States sent Moscow a model suburban home, cut in half, so television cameras could show the interior.—
Matthew Thompson,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Bob Dylan did that, and La La Land did that to a much smaller way.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2025
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Beneath that ice, the light sensors recorded an astronomically small number of photons: an upper range of 0.04 micromoles per square meter per second, a number very close to the theoretical minimum amount of light that photosynthesis can run on.—
Asher Elbein,
WIRED,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Today, pocket-size family farmsteads on the canyon floor, often tucked against sheer walls, coexist with the ancient ruins and rock art.—
Derek M. Norman,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2025
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The 160-page, pocket-size book — which in customary Michelin style includes a detachable city map — signals the growing stature of Detroit in the tourism industry.—
Brian McCollum,
Detroit Free Press,
11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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My worst days were spent being transported to the courtroom shackled and isolated in a tiny cage, waiting to be summoned into trial.—
James L. Dold,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2025
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Acupuncture and the tiny sugar pellets of homeopathy.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But some were worried that the current turmoil in Washington, D.C., could slow the nation’s ability to nimbly respond when this microscopic threat inevitably gains the ability to cause a global pandemic, potentially causing more deaths than COVID-19.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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Lindon’s most famous works are perhaps his three microscopic recreations of van Gogh paintings, which the artist embedded inside a wristwatch.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The petite size means the capacity is limited–this kettle holds just 0.6 liters (20 ounces) of water, enough to fill one or two mugs.—
Michelle Love,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2025
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With its petite displacement and no hybrid-electric assist, the twin-turbo Nettuno saves its best punch for mid-to-upper rev ranges, including a generous 531 ft lbs of torque between 3,000 and 5,500 rpm.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The proximity of the Andromeda Galaxy to the Milky Way would have seen material ripped out of our galaxy to settle in the same orbital plane around the Andromeda galaxy and form the dwarf galaxies there, a bit like moons forming around a planet.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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This artist’s illustration depicts a dwarf galaxy that hosts an active galactic nucleus — an actively feeding black hole.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Micro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/micro. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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