How to Use under a/the microscope in a Sentence

under a/the microscope

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  • Not just Shedeur but the whole team has been under a microscope.
    — Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Larsa Pippen is well aware that her love life is under a microscope.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 May 2025
  • Yes, the country’s human rights record was put under the microscope.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 6 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Later the students would look at the contents under a microscope.
    — Siddhant Pusdekar, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024
  • This is where a small piece of tissue is removed and examined under a microscope.
    — Heather L. Brannon, Md, Verywell Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • These blood cancers sound alike but look different under the microscope.
    — Barbara Brody, Health, 9 Nov. 2023
  • However, under the microscope, not all ice is the same, even though it is made of the same components.
    — Jorge Garay, Wired News, 14 July 2025
  • But a great film performance under the microscope of a lens in closeup cannot be all affected.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Harriot’s book comes at a time when Black history is under a microscope.
    — Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The doctor scraped the area and examined the cells under a microscope, Simmons said.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Anderson has been under the microscope for hiring Edwards in the first place.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • But while polishing one of the specimens to a thin slice that could be examined under a microscope, he was taken aback.
    — Kate Golembiewski, New York Times, 4 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
  • So when McHugh started his own lab at Rice, his team put his original process under the microscope.
    — WIRED, 26 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Our tactics expert, Ahmed Walid, put the teenager under the microscope to see how his game stood up to scrutiny.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 18 June 2025
  • His own management of the situation is starting to come under the microscope now, from within the City fanbase at least.
    — Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
  • 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 lawsuit could put NYU Langone under the microscope in the widening debate.
    — Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • When Bob Naedele was admitted with a fever, a doctor ordered a blood smear, in which a sample of blood is spread on a glass slide and examined under a microscope.
    — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 23 June 2023
  • The officials in the spotlight Inevitably, the officials will be under the microscope on Sunday.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025

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