vanishingly
adverb
van·ish·ing·ly
ˈva-ni-shiŋ-lē 
: so as to be almost nonexistent or invisible
the difference is vanishingly small
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Notwithstanding the Henry County house that got hit by the recent bolide, the odds of any one spot—or any one person—being struck by space debris are vanishingly small.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 27 June 2025
People with weaker credit who apply for one may meet with rejection, or be offered a card with a vanishingly low credit limit.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Ultimately, much like the problem of actual water bottles, your individual choice is going to make a vanishingly small impact when compared to vast governmental and corporate policies.
—Erin Neil, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
Their job was his job: Hand out gold tickets to those vanishingly few with star potential and let down everybody else.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 27 June 2025
People with weaker credit who apply for one may meet with rejection, or be offered a card with a vanishingly low credit limit.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Ultimately, much like the problem of actual water bottles, your individual choice is going to make a vanishingly small impact when compared to vast governmental and corporate policies.
—Erin Neil, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
Their job was his job: Hand out gold tickets to those vanishingly few with star potential and let down everybody else.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vanishingly
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“Vanishingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanishingly. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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