needle

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Demographers are skeptical that subsidies can move the needle much against forces like high education costs, job insecurity, delayed marriage, and shifting gender norms.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Clough added, "As microplastic researchers looking for microplastics in the environment, we're searching for the needle in the haystack, but there really shouldn't be a needle to begin with."

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

So when all of that is considered, the incentives baked into the proposals may move the needle more toward banks holding loans directly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

She hosts monthly arts and crafts workshops including activities like scrapbooking, punch needle embroidery and clay art.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Gran’s needle paused in the air for a moment.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff