variants
or less commonly smidgeon
or smidgin
or smidge
: a small amount : bit
a smidgen of salt
a smidgen of common sense
Examples of smidgen in a Sentence
I'll just have a smidgen of ice cream.
the maid cleaned the house until there wasn't even a smidgen of dust left
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Besides, that’s a smidgen to the $42 million Cohen will be paying Bichette next year (see below).
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Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
But stats like that identify just a smidgen of why the Celtics center has been one of the NBA’s best under-the-radar stories this season.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
As a solution, the US Army Air Forces hit on a smidgen of lateral thinking.
—New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2026
Of course, glory like this comes with that smidgen of imposter syndrome.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
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Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
But stats like that identify just a smidgen of why the Celtics center has been one of the NBA’s best under-the-radar stories this season.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
As a solution, the US Army Air Forces hit on a smidgen of lateral thinking.
—New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2026
Of course, glory like this comes with that smidgen of imposter syndrome.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for smidgen
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“Smidgen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smidgen. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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