needle

Example Sentences

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Back in the lab, the cores were sliced into thin sections and analyzed with a highly sensitive magnetometer capable of detecting signals far weaker than a compass needle.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 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

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

Microsculptures on display in the exhibition include artwork in the eye of a needle, on a pin head and one inside a single human hair - all so small they are only seen through microscopes.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Somebody yelled, “It looks like a needle pointing up to the sun!”

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman