atomic

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Of course, in the atomic age, wars between imperial great powers, as in World War I and World War II, are no longer truly conceivable.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

She’s played everyone from Mary Poppins to the volatile but brilliant wife of the atomic bomb’s inventor, earning an Oscar nod for Oppenheimer in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Casias had been an administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where the first atomic bomb was developed and where nuclear weapon work continues, her family told local news outlets after her disappearance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Instead of relying on bulky lenses and hardware, researchers are exploring materials that can manipulate light at the atomic scale.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

But once it became common to refer to Copernicanism as an hypothesis, then other hypotheses—magnetical, atomic, mechanical—multiplied.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton