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
And that is about 25 orders of magnitude smaller than atomic scale.
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Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2025
The only way to pre-empt detection by these IAEA watchdogs would be for Ukraine to withdraw from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and expel the atomic inspectors, but those moves would amount to trumpeting Kyiv’s clandestine quest to develop a nuclear warhead.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Randy Fine’s suggestion to fire atomic weapons at Gaza exhibits an astounding amount of ignorance.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
The last of the dead would come in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when as many as 210,000 people — nearly all of them Japanese civilians — died in the first and so far only atomic bombings.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
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Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2025
The only way to pre-empt detection by these IAEA watchdogs would be for Ukraine to withdraw from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and expel the atomic inspectors, but those moves would amount to trumpeting Kyiv’s clandestine quest to develop a nuclear warhead.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Randy Fine’s suggestion to fire atomic weapons at Gaza exhibits an astounding amount of ignorance.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
The last of the dead would come in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when as many as 210,000 people — nearly all of them Japanese civilians — died in the first and so far only atomic bombings.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atomic
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In 1972, the company switched to Smith, naming the shoes in his honor and printing a tiny picture of his mustachioed face on them.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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McCartney, who played a residency at New York’s tiny Bowery Ballroom back in February, has no tour dates presently on his 2025 calendar.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2025
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The sample size is minuscule, but Washe had excellent play-driving metrics in his limited ice time.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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The ratings numbers will be … well, what’s an adjective worse than minuscule?—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
29 May 2025
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The timepiece comes in a special gift box featuring a miniature green Healey car.—
Laia Farran Graves,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Exercise 4: Toe Yoga Don't worry, no miniature yoga mat required here.—
Andee Tagle,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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The microscopic instrument, measuring 35 by 13 microns, and constructed from platinum, is less than the width of a human hair, said Loughborough University researchers.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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Even in the shade of a fruit tree, you could be surrounded by tiny skyscrapers — not made of steel or concrete, but of microscopic worms wriggling and writhing into the shape of long, vertical towers.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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“Atomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atomic. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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