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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This means that even if a fault-tolerant quantum computer becomes available, QPE could still struggle with large molecules because the chance of successfully extracting the correct energy becomes vanishingly small.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
Not so much for your music as your…not flamboyance, but exuberance, maybe, or whimsy—qualities in vanishingly short supply with our current crop of male pop stars who don’t make backflips a fixture of their live performances.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2026
There are vanishingly few districts that are genuinely up for grabs, and that means politicians from each party are increasingly insulated from public opinion and, therefore, from the effects of their policies.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
But the likelihood of a true all-in-one sports destination—or even a singular hub attached to other services—is now vanishingly small.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2026
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
Not so much for your music as your…not flamboyance, but exuberance, maybe, or whimsy—qualities in vanishingly short supply with our current crop of male pop stars who don’t make backflips a fixture of their live performances.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2026
There are vanishingly few districts that are genuinely up for grabs, and that means politicians from each party are increasingly insulated from public opinion and, therefore, from the effects of their policies.
—Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
But the likelihood of a true all-in-one sports destination—or even a singular hub attached to other services—is now vanishingly small.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Feb. 2026
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 20 Mar. 2026.
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