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Recent Examples of micro
Each school district would be required to employ a reading specialist, interventionist or early literacy micro-credential holder for every elementary school.
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Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 26 Mar. 2026
The goal of the micro-investing platform is to build a long-term nest egg starting with the change most people throw in a jar.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
It’s filled with a blend of memory foam and micro fiber that maintains its shape beautifully.
—Kristine Thomason, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
The Heir is a coin-sized sensor that fits on the caseback of most watches via a micro suction disc to count your steps and deliver notifications from your phone via vibrations.
—New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
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Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 26 Mar. 2026
The goal of the micro-investing platform is to build a long-term nest egg starting with the change most people throw in a jar.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
It’s filled with a blend of memory foam and micro fiber that maintains its shape beautifully.
—Kristine Thomason, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
The Heir is a coin-sized sensor that fits on the caseback of most watches via a micro suction disc to count your steps and deliver notifications from your phone via vibrations.
—New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for micro
Adjective
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There are also the mini dance parties that happen just before game tip-offs, and former UCLA gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos-Field taught the team choreography in 2024.—
Haley Sawyer,
Daily News,
28 Mar. 2026
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All this is packaged in a mini flyer that can fit in your palm, and can fold down for transport in a backpack or its own camo bag.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In general, vegetables should be sliced or cut into smallish pieces and precooked.—
Georgeanne Brennan,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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However, a lot of big houses have been built on smallish lots.—
Richard Dahlberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Zendaya looked model-esque and confident in the dress while striking poses and laughing in front of the event’s photographers, as captured in videos.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Mar. 2026
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The big difference is model-specific Volcano Grey Metallic trim in the front and back.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Some of the district's smallest elementary schools now serve only a couple of hundred students, limiting available resources.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Higher bond yields ripple through all kinds of credit markets, making everything from mortgages to small-business loans more expensive.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Adjacent is a pocket-size terrace, with a view of the Paris skyline.—
Dana Thomas,
Architectural Digest,
12 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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The plot pivots on tiny gestures involving matters of life and death.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Each impact steals a tiny bit of the spacecraft’s speed, pushing it a smidgen closer to Earth.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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However, their progress has been hindered by dendrites—microscopic metallic filaments that grow on the electrolyte and trigger short circuits.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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Amid this vast landscape of solutions, no one can hope to find a precise microscopic configuration that undergirds our particular macroscopic world.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Stop by the hummingbird garden, where 14 species of petite, fairylike birds dart from plant to plant, sipping nectar from native blooms.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
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The young woman was pretty and petite, standing just over 5 feet tall and weighing only 105 pounds.—
Kevin Foster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Micro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/micro. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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