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Recent Examples of micro
At worst, those micro scratches are seen every time light hits the surface.
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Joel Feder, The Drive, 5 Mar. 2026
The wood fiber in some paper towels may even leave micro scratches on the surface.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
Doctors repaired a massive tear in his labrum, shaved down some bone to open up his hip capsule and addressed two micro fractures.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Legislation targeting a for-profit micro-hospital company looking to expand in Meridian made its way to the Senate floor.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
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Joel Feder, The Drive, 5 Mar. 2026
The wood fiber in some paper towels may even leave micro scratches on the surface.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
Doctors repaired a massive tear in his labrum, shaved down some bone to open up his hip capsule and addressed two micro fractures.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Legislation targeting a for-profit micro-hospital company looking to expand in Meridian made its way to the Senate floor.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for micro
Adjective
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This cute mini skort can be worn with any top already in your wardrobe, or with the Gap crop tank top as a matching set.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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The mini halter dress featured a plunging cowl neckline and a thigh-bearing asymmetrical skirt.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The upstairs room, a supper club, is smallish and cheaply finished; the food is an afterthought, the party never-starting.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Most open up to a smallish balcony, just big enough for a book and coffee.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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That model-agnostic stance is not new for Perplexity.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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Unlike single-model platforms, this multi-model platform lets users test, compare, and select from multiple leading AI tools in one place.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Although discrepancies are smaller in data-rich regions such as Western Europe and the eastern United States, where robust local monitoring has kept projections more closely calibrated, the study identifies the West Coast of North America as a region where sea levels have also been underestimated.—
Marcos Magaña,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Violas have smaller flowers and stay shorter.—
Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In 1987, a Canadian prison inmate named Franco Brun, 22, died while trying to swallow a pocket-size Bible.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Vivian, a pocket-size woman in her seventies, wearing chunky jewelry, looked on skeptically.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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These tiny emitters resemble miniature ski jumps that launch beams of light into free space.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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Unlike crustaceans, insects developed a system of oxygen intake through tiny holes in their bodies.—
Andrew Coletti,
Popular Science,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Such lasers could allow researchers to track chemical reactions in real time, detect microscopic defects in nanoelectronics, and study materials with much higher resolution than before.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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This allows it to get sucked right into all the microscopic crevices and pores of the surface, by the vacuum created by the seal.—
Ben Coxworth
March 11,
New Atlas,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Mini Kabob’s Pan-Seared Chicken Cutlets The Martirosyan family has been serving kebabs from their petite storefront in Glendale for the past 30 years.—
Restaurant Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Best Midcentury Clock Unexpected red theory meets midcentury-modern in this petite tabletop clock from Seiko.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Micro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/micro. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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