as in tiny
very small in size
made atomic adjustments to the clock's mechanism to keep it from whirring as it ran
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Recent Examples of atomic
American bombs, both atomic and incendiary, had devastated Japan as well.
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Hannah Beech, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Core Power The heart of these atomic Liberty ships is a compact molten salt reactor, which is an advanced version of a design first developed in the 1950s.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
Overall, the simple breaking of one chemical bond has at least four distinct stages and requires multiple amino acids to be positioned within the enzyme's active site with atomic precision.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2025
Radiation levels have not increased, Zelenskyy and the U.N. atomic agency said.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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Hannah Beech, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Core Power The heart of these atomic Liberty ships is a compact molten salt reactor, which is an advanced version of a design first developed in the 1950s.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
Overall, the simple breaking of one chemical bond has at least four distinct stages and requires multiple amino acids to be positioned within the enzyme's active site with atomic precision.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2025
Radiation levels have not increased, Zelenskyy and the U.N. atomic agency said.
—Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atomic
Adjective
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Acupuncture and the tiny sugar pellets of homeopathy.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
5 Mar. 2025
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My worst days were spent being transported to the courtroom shackled and isolated in a tiny cage, waiting to be summoned into trial.—
James L. Dold,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2025
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The aerial clash turns so colossal, the fighters on both factions appear like minuscule specks in a flock of birds.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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That said, a minuscule amount of product truly goes such a long way.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
28 Feb. 2025
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The new Petite Malle — a miniature version of Vuitton’s signature trunks — features a trompe-l’oeil design made to look like three trunks in one.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
6 Mar. 2025
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The ultimate goal is to bake all of these prototypes into one product—the stuff of sci-fi dreams—but this kind of miniature technology is incredibly difficult to engineer.—
Simon Hill,
WIRED,
5 Mar. 2025
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But some were worried that the current turmoil in Washington, D.C., could slow the nation’s ability to nimbly respond when this microscopic threat inevitably gains the ability to cause a global pandemic, potentially causing more deaths than COVID-19.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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These are microscopic particles that accumulate in the air from a variety of pollutants such as forest fires, agricultural waste and car exhaust.—
Claire Maldarelli,
Scientific American,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Atomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atomic. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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