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Recent Examples of least
Anniek Bao, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
The halt at least temporarily cost some 1,000 people their jobs in Quang Tri, according to the province’s foreign affairs department.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
August Brown, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
As of now, the Power 5 league least likely to be represented in the playoff is the Pac-12, whose teams have steadily beaten each other; only one of its teams is ranked in The A.P.’s top 15.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
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Adjective
Beijing will need to deploy at least an additional 2 trillion yuan in fiscal spending to counter the 2% loss in GDP, Wang said.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
The halt at least temporarily cost some 1,000 people their jobs in Quang Tri, according to the province’s foreign affairs department.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
Women nominated for Grammy Awards, for instance, were most likely to be recognized for best new artist or song of the year and least likely to be up for producer of the year.
—August Brown, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
As of now, the Power 5 league least likely to be represented in the playoff is the Pac-12, whose teams have steadily beaten each other; only one of its teams is ranked in The A.P.’s top 15.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for least
Noun
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While some men are jumping on board, the most popular of these creators—which range from nobodies doing voiceovers to far-right provocateurs like Candance Owens and Megyn Kelly—are women speaking to other women.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
14 Mar. 2025
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Those free passes were a frequent abuse of the law in the past, and low-profile corporate nobodies got away with them for years.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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These new vehicles operate in sectors with minimal regulation, enabling flows of money that are faster and harder to trace than traditional real estate deals.—
Zach Everson,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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If a kid is a violent kid, and the kid is being let off with multiple warnings and minimal disciplinary consequences after giving every indication of being violent and dangerous, that violence and that danger may not stay inside of the building.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
Noun
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Now the California Governor wants Trump to get behind a national tax incentives program similar to what other nations have been using for years, but with a lot more zeros at the end.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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There would be several advantages to translating a computer’s ones and zeros into the bases of genetic material (A, C, T, and G).—
Matthew Hutson,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That literary trope turned rom-com convention gives structure to all six of her masterworks—which goes to show that the romance genre, far from mere escapism, can be an ideal lens through which to observe a society’s values.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
2 May 2025
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Plus, the mere existence of federal law means that people can sue when things go wrong.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
1 May 2025
Noun
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This will ensure a consistent nectar or pollen source for visiting insects.—
Markis Hill,
Kansas City Star,
9 May 2025
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Experts Say These Will Be the Worst Pests in Your Region This Year How to Spot Asian Needle Ants The Asian needle ant is a venomous insect, and it's made a home in the U.S. since as far back as 1932.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Pressed on one side by hard-liners and on the other by opponents of the Islamic Republic, the regime’s centrists and reformists had become political nonentities.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2025
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Pressed on one side by hard-liners and on the other by opponents of the Islamic Republic, the regime’s centrists and reformists had become political nonentities.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Least.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/least. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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