as in slight
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
investors disappointed by stock dividends that were decidedly de minimis
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Recent Examples of de minimis
The company also claimed that the elimination of de minimis particularly crushed small businesses.
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Since 2015, the de minimis exception has applied to goods with a retail value of less than $800.
—Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
On the company's earnings call earlier this month, Chief Financial Officer Scott Roe said tariffs will hit its profits by a total of $160 million this year, including the impact of the end of de minimis.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,melissa Repko,annie Palmer, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
The White House ended the exemption for goods from China earlier this year, and now de minimis is ending for all countries.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Since 2015, the de minimis exception has applied to goods with a retail value of less than $800.
—Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
On the company's earnings call earlier this month, Chief Financial Officer Scott Roe said tariffs will hit its profits by a total of $160 million this year, including the impact of the end of de minimis.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,melissa Repko,annie Palmer, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
The White House ended the exemption for goods from China earlier this year, and now de minimis is ending for all countries.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for de minimis
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Barefoot driving is legal in all 50 states, with the one slight exception being Alabama where footwear is required on motorcycles.—
Georgea Kovanis,
The Courier-Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
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Mail-in voting is now more popular among Democrats In the 2008 presidential election, there was only a slight difference in the popularity of mail-in voting by political party, according to a data analysis by Charles Stewart, director of the MIT Election Data and Science Lab.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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Is this the flipside of a higher nominal-growth metabolism across the world?—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
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On the eve of World War I, Britain’s total debt, in nominal pounds, was about the same as 1819.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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That attention to detail — the belief that no detail is insignificant — is responsible for the career of the most famous man in football.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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During the 1980s, mainframe engineers considered personal computers to be insignificant devices.—
Sadhasivam Mohanadas,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Take a trip to 2099, with Star Amerasu’s hysterical and clever social-media videos set in our very petty future.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
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The film explores the petty jealousies and power dynamics that fuel the group of interchangeable young men in Oliver’s orbit, as Matthew gradually becomes famous by association and fights to stay relevant.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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Truth Teller reporters repeatedly go undercover to nail down relatively trivial scoops, appearing, in the process, to flagrantly violate the Society of Professional Journalists’ ethical guidelines.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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Directed by Sammi Cohen, this film centers on Stacy Friedman (Sunny Sandler — Adam's younger daughter), whose bat mitzvah plans are hilariously derailed by trivial mishaps.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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“De minimis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de%20minimis. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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