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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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According to François Godard, a media and telecoms analyst at Enders Analysis, the $71B Disney-Fox deal from late last decade, which was waved through by the EU but examined minutely, sets the closest recent precedent for Hollywood M&A in the continent.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2026
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Williams knows how to humanize this bare-bones vocabulary, minutely adjusting the voicing of a chord or caressing the last of a set of recurring motifs with a regretful ritardando.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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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
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Each loop is then placed in an infinitesimally tiny well in a microchip, which can have 25 million of those wells.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Saint Pyrenees—which Tabitha and Henry agreed now was number one, the best dog—had inched his gigantic head imperceptibly closer and closer until he’d snuck a morsel of ham from her plate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Victor’s hand tightened imperceptibly on the glass.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Many of them are unknowns barely registering one percent of support.—
Simeon Tegel,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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Crafted from an ultra-smooth, barely-there fabric for easy wear from the plane to plans, these comfy pants rival your pajamas in the best way.—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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That patient was 70-year-old William Bryan of Alabama, who was scheduled in August to have his spleen removed in a minimally invasive (laparoscopic) procedure.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
15 Apr. 2026
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The minimally invasive treatment uses tiny radioactive beads.—
Stephanie Stahl,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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What happens inside hyphae is invisibly small.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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In many complex systems, pressure accumulates gradually and almost invisibly until the system reaches a critical state.—
Lawrence Rosenberg,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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As with Disneyland, the claims for the undertaking seemed scarcely believable.—
Mark Lane,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Magyar can scarcely afford, in this time of economic hardship, to forgo Russian energy.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Insignificantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insignificantly. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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