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• When one of the lab’s slides goes under a microscope, the ager zooms in on the long vertical edge of the tooth root.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 28 Sep. 2023
• Not just Shedeur but the whole team has been under a microscope.
  — Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 20 Dec. 2024
• Yes, the country’s human rights record was put under the microscope.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 6 June 2023
• Elon Musk is once again being put under the microscope.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
• The doctor scraped the area and examined the cells under a microscope, Simmons said.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024
• My older son loved learning to play the steel drums and looking at coral under a microscope.
  — Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024
• Researchers can place the whole fish directly under a microscope and see the cells without the need for a biopsy.
  — Craig Ceol, The Conversation, 10 July 2023
• But this is for certain: any photograph by the Princess is certain to be put under the microscope.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2024
• The difference comes down to the presence or absence of a unique type of cell that can be viewed under a microscope and the subtypes of each cancer.
  — Barbara Brody, Health, 9 Nov. 2023
• The Nashville Predators were under the microscope last year.
  — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2023
• The lawsuit could put NYU Langone under the microscope in the widening debate.
  — Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• Later the students would look at the contents under a microscope.
  — Siddhant Pusdekar, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024
• With her life under a microscope, she’s struggled lately with how much to open up — on anything.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
• So when McHugh started his own lab at Rice, his team put his original process under the microscope.
  — WIRED, 26 June 2023
• Anderson has been under the microscope for hiring Edwards in the first place.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2023
• And, under a microscope, that brings us to Tua missing training camp practices.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024
• With just a few days before workouts begin, the outside linebacker group gets a turn under the microscope.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2024
• But a great film performance under the microscope of a lens in closeup cannot be all affected.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Dec. 2024
• But Ong’s business practices were placed under the microscope after his ties with Iswaran led to the worst graft scandal in the financial hub for decades.
  — Low De Wei and Bernadette Toh / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
• The mice could then explore that world by moving a kind of treadmill, even though their little heads were held firmly in place under a microscope.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2023
• This is where a small piece of tissue is removed and examined under a microscope.
  — Heather L. Brannon, Md, Verywell Health, 7 Sep. 2023
• Obviously, Watson was going to be under a microscope the minute the three-time Pro Bowler took his first snap with Cleveland in 2022.
  — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
• The man under the microscope is Kalen DeBoer, who led Washington to the championship game seven months ago.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
• But now, some of the operating practices that helped Jeju Air keep its costs low are under a microscope.
  — Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
• Harriot’s book comes at a time when Black history is under a microscope.
  — Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• The swab is then checked under a microscope for signs of cervical cancer or cell changes that could lead to cervical cancer.
  — Sony Salzman, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2024
• Strains of the bacteria found in both groups were fed to tiny C. elegans worms, whose heads were then examined under a microscope.
  — Kenneth Miller, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
• After slicing and staining their samples, the researchers then slid them under a microscope to measure their growth rings, as well as their blue rings.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
• To find out what role the vagus nerve might play in fainting, the researchers examined the internal organs of mice under a microscope.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
• During a Pap smear, cells are gently scraped from the cervix and examined under a microscope to check for signs of dysplasia, which can result from HPV infection.
  — Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 3 Mar 2025