magnifying glass
Example Sentences
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Ternus was on the road at the supplier’s facility, and sometime after midnight he pulled out a magnifying glass to count the circles, finding that the supplier had gotten it wrong, putting in 35 grooves.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
Do you really think that foreign governments are at this point, with a magnifying glass, looking at our markets and thinking something might be about to happen?
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
Once he’d finished recording, Jesso asked his friend Shawn Everett to mix “Shine”; what he got back — with every imperfection of his voice under a virtual magnifying glass — terrified him.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025
Pattern maker Mar Marcote has been with the business 42 years and still uses a magnifying glass to examine each item of clothing before it finally goes into production.
From BBC • May 8, 2025
He took the sugar tongs, the medallions, and the magnifying glass, one by one, and turned them in his pudgy fingers.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
