vanishingly

adverb

van·​ish·​ing·​ly ˈva-ni-shiŋ-lē How to pronounce vanishingly (audio)
: so as to be almost nonexistent or invisible
the difference is vanishingly small

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Israel and Lebanon agreed on a ceasefire deal Wednesday in Washington but its chances of stopping fighting between Israel and Hezbollah look vanishingly thin. Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 4 June 2026 But a new report by AARP and the consulting firm ATI Advisory concludes that while the number of providers taking advantage of the new billing opportunities is slowly growing, overall participation remains vanishingly small. Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 Players will be provided with equity in the emerging league, with base fees and win bonuses paid to those competing during a vanishingly small off-season. Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 19 May 2026 The rare isotope is mostly locked away deep within our world’s innards, but vanishingly small quantities are belched out in volcanic eruptions and through natural gas pipelines. Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for vanishingly

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vanishingly was in 1870

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“Vanishingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanishingly. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.

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