needle

Example Sentences

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Lerosey-Aubril spent more than 50 hours working under a microscope with a fine needle to expose its features.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Wagner carries a purple cooking thermometer—the kind with the long pointy needle that you might use to check on your steak—to check for optimal chill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“It did move the needle to liquidating the reserve fund about six months earlier,” Mantell said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Almost any contract win or business expansion can move the needle significantly for Swarmer, and investors, it seems, are betting on something like that happening in the relatively near future.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

The needle struck the dimpled peel and bent sideways.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas