microscopically

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Recent Examples of microscopically Rather, it is picked up microscopically—usually from a urine sample taken for another purpose at a healthcare provider's office. Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2025 By microscopically studying Bennu, researchers have also been able to find that the asteroid's geology has changed over the years due to interactions with water and ice. Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for microscopically
Adverb
  • In other hands, this would cue a standard disease-of-the-week weepie, but Coixet keeps the tone lightly wistful and wise, and trains her attention ever more minutely on Rohrwacher, who along with her character, seems to blossom gradually under this steady gaze.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The title may have the tang of a prog-rock album, but the book is witty, minutely detailed, and braced by common sense—a welcome gift in an often obsessive environment.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a lifeline for independent journalism and educational programming, especially in rural America, is being systematically dismantled.
    Andrew Weinstein, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Instead, Kepler’s heliocentrism, with elliptical orbits, was so remarkable because, for the first time, an idea had come along that described the Universe, including the motion of the planets, better, more accurately, and more comprehensively than the previous (geocentric) model could.
    Big Think, Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Waymo’s expansion playbook involves comprehensively mapping new cities, and phasing in autonomous ride-hailing after testing the technology with drivers in the front seat and employees as passengers.
    Chris Kirkham, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The heft of the book—at more than six hundred pages, it is exhaustively researched and exhausting to read—reflects the writer’s convictions.
    Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Vaccine safety Federal health experts continuously monitor VAERS and other safety surveillance systems, exhaustively assessing the safety of vaccines.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The dancing at the party scene had been meticulously blocked, but Trier urged the performers to cut loose.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The trails are meticulously maintained, winding through terrain that looks wild but is rarely out of reach.
    Lucy Kehoe, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Geryon who is metaphorically and perhaps in reality a monster is infatuated with Herakles, but the internal world of Geryon is so thoroughly inspected.
    Amber McBride, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Let the pan heat thoroughly, about three to five minutes.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • The Mets struggled down the stretch and missed the postseason completely despite having one of the highest payrolls in the league.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Beach players stepped on the baseline three times in the first half and another, trying to avoid a shot blocker, lofted a runner completely over the backboard in the second.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • To buy the Eight Sleep is to buy fully, with your whole body, into the idea that the future of sleep is technological.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Quadcopter and multirotor drones Draganfly develops quadcopter and multirotor drones that are easy to use, quick to deploy, and fully calibrated at the company’s manufacturing facilities.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Microscopically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/microscopically. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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