macroscopically

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Recent Examples of macroscopically The physicists also showed that the system was quantized, or only gained or lost energy in specific amounts, the committee said—demonstrating another principle macroscopically. Connor Greene, Time, 9 Oct. 2025 However, those all require leveraging the energy from particles, either macroscopically or on the quantum level, to power our energy needs. Big Think, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for macroscopically
Adverb
  • The major averages fell broadly in the previous session after some bad loans raised concerns over the health of regional banks and investment bank Jefferies.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In part to address an aging population, Spain has aggressively expanded migration more broadly, with the number of Latin Americans now calling Madrid home having grown more than tenfold over the last quarter-century to more than a million.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Semafor traced it to a pair of US life insurers that had funneled policyholders’ cash to 777’s Bermudan reinsurer, which invested it into sports teams, airplanes, a payday lender, and a failing budget airline, among other bets generally unsuited for insurance guarantees.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • It is generally assumed that San Francisco 49ers star linebacker Fred Warner is out for the rest of the season after suffering a broken and dislocated ankle last Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The protests are all loosely coordinated, happening almost organically online rather than organized and promoted by traditional activist groups or political institutions.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Place loosely, rather than pressed directly onto the surface of the food, and make sure the paper isn't touching any interior walls of the microwave.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The first major Frankenstein film liberally adapts the source material, but in lieu of staging the novel as written, James Whale leans into expressionistic production design and Gothic spectacle.
    Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Writing at a time when there was little American literature to speak of, Irving borrowed liberally from European sources.
    John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Macroscopically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macroscopically. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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