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micro

[mahy-kroh] / ˈmaɪ kroʊ /
ADJECTIVE
very small in size, scope
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Having witnessed AI stocks being “sold to death,” Goldman Sachs’ head of European equities trading, Rich Privorotsky, is advising fund managers “the micro remains strong, electoral uncertainty has diminished and positioning looks considerably cleaner.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

"This is micro CT scanning, something you'd get at the hospital, but for smaller items."

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

They include aspiring uranium suppliers as well as small, advanced and micro reactor, or SAMR, developers, nuclear-reactor supply chain firms and investors, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The work could also support the development of next-generation high-reliability micro energy systems and self-powered sensing technologies.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Javier used to steal my micro dolls when he was mad at me and hide them in the creosote bush.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

"All industries are doing very well from micros up to corporates. I can't think of any industry which this year has problems."

From Reuters ● Nov. 5, 2022

“We use it for our dishes here at the bistro and for our events. They’re clean, they have good taste. I like to have micros with bigger stems and he does that.”

From Washington Times ● Jul. 23, 2022

“Alongside the top-line perspective he held, he was able to still make time for the important micros of life.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021

The proliferating micros nip at the heels of established craft brewers and multinational conglomerates alike.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2017

This term is also used of analogous lossages on Macintoshes and other micros without memory protection. :number-crunching: /n./

From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Eric S. Raymond


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