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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The entire endeavor hinges on a vanishingly small window — just 48 to 72 hours of fertility per year for females — making every behavioral signal, every hormone spike and every scent mark a data point that could determine whether a new cub enters the world.
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Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
However flawed, the New Deal remains a necessary precedent, given that prospects for cultural democracy are vanishingly remote.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Gulf oil flows mostly to Asia, and vanishingly little goes to North America.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
The effect for stellar-mass black holes is vanishingly small but actually gets larger for less massive black holes.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
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Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
However flawed, the New Deal remains a necessary precedent, given that prospects for cultural democracy are vanishingly remote.
—John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Gulf oil flows mostly to Asia, and vanishingly little goes to North America.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
The effect for stellar-mass black holes is vanishingly small but actually gets larger for less massive black holes.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Vanishingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanishingly. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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