variants
also microscopical
as in tiny
very small in size
even a microscopic speck of dust in the eye will cause pain
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Recent Examples of microscopic
Skirts and tops have gotten microscopic, bottoms are being slung below the waist again, and lots of producers seem to be doing their best impressions of early Pharrell.
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Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2025
Veligers are microscopic and a single quart of water can contain hundreds, Strayer said.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 20 July 2025
Bacteria can thrive in microscopic grooves and scratches in plastic bottles, Savage said.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
One fist-sized rock held over a thousand microscopic fossils, including soft-bodied animals that are rarely fossilized, John wrote.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2025
Veligers are microscopic and a single quart of water can contain hundreds, Strayer said.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 20 July 2025
Bacteria can thrive in microscopic grooves and scratches in plastic bottles, Savage said.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
One fist-sized rock held over a thousand microscopic fossils, including soft-bodied animals that are rarely fossilized, John wrote.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for microscopic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microscopic
tiny
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In the tall-grass prairies that once spread out across pre-settlement Indiana, tiny ground squirrels scurried through the wildflowers, grasses and shrubs.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
21 Aug. 2025
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These were tiny towns where restaurants serve breakfast with eggs supplied by on-property chickens and eagles are visible on mosquito-laden trails that railroad cars once trudged.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Microscopic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microscopic. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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