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Recent Examples of insignificantly
While these might seem insignificantly small compared to the average density, gravitation causes the overdense regions to grow and attract matter into them over time, while the underdense regions similarly give up their matter to their more dense surroundings.
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Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insignificantly
Adverb
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When looked at microscopically, there were patterns that suggested the possibility of life on Mars at one time.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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Corintis The simulation and optimization software developed by Corintis is used to design a network of microscopically small channels on cold plates.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The dozens of edits that Congress made have been minutely examined by historians and literary scholars.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Its standout feature is its hyper-deformable wheels, minutely structured from silicone, composite, and stainless steel, which create a soft, enlarged contact surface with the terrain.—
Tim Barber,
Wired News,
14 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Even then, an opponent might be infinitesimally more precise.—
Drew Goins,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
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At this time, experts say, only a handful of laboratories in the United States have a way to detect the infinitesimally tiny particles.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Something internal shifted, almost imperceptibly but irreversibly.—
Chiara Barzini,
Vogue,
9 May 2026
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They'd be heralded not by rippling explosions or flash frozen corpses floating against a tapestry of stars, but instead by oxygen, almost imperceptibly slipping away or radiation slowly accumulating in our cells over years.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
Adverb
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Andrew had barely celebrated his first birthday six days before Mike homered in the 2005 World Series.—
Jose de Jesus Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Tigers ace Tarik Skubal returned to throwing barely a week after having the procedure and threw a simulated game 20 days after the surgery.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
Adverb
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Most styles are minimally structured and unpadded, creating a sleek, usually strapless silhouette—not to mention fewer tan lines.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
28 May 2026
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One of the biggest trends is toward minimally invasive dentistry, which limits drilling when possible.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2026
Adverb
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So, crocodiles position themselves almost invisibly beneath the surface, exposing little more than just their eyes and nostrils.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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An outbreak that spreads invisibly is far harder to contain because contact tracing is always one step behind.—
Klinger Soares Faico Filho,
The Conversation,
18 May 2026
Adverb
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These are the shabby, vertiginous streets that Nobel Laureate author Orhan Pamuk eulogized in The Museum of Innocence, set in the 1970s, and until very recently the district had scarcely changed at all.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The primary’s top outside fund-raiser, Matt Mahan, the mayor of San Jose, brought in fifteen million dollars, with support from Silicon Valley, and scarcely broke single digits in polls.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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“Insignificantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insignificantly. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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