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Recent Examples of least
Adjective
The decline over time has been dramatic, triggering warnings from scholars since at least the 1920s. Richard Lorren Jolly, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025 Instagram is a good place to check up with Jeff Bezos’ new wife and at least get an idea of what’s going on in her life. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 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 See All Example Sentences for least
Recent Examples of Synonyms for least
Noun
  • More importantly, the narrative explores both sides of the conflict from the POV of grunts and 'nobodies' trying to navigate the post-Civil War state of the galaxy before the fighting stops.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • None of these nobodies is performing like Grimes just yet, and until someone does Grier better get active trying to find a handful of veteran cornerbacks whom this team can call on, and sign to patch up the weakest unit on the team.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2024
  • But nothings more peaceful than tomorrow to a man going through pain today.
    Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • The White House has repeatedly withheld money previously appropriated by Congress, with minimal pushback from GOP lawmakers.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
  • An evergreen lawn alternative known as Kurapia (Phyla nodiflora) is not in the grass family, but has a mat-like growth habit and a minimal water requirement.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Strong technical leaders don't just translate between the world of zeros and ones and the world of dollars and cents.
    Meeky Hwang, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • That is, they are composed of on/off switches strung together in logic circuits that process data as a string of binary ones and zeros.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The rest of us were blinded by those concertgoers’ screens, and mere extras in their photo shoots.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
  • With this shift, the brand transforms its products from mere gear into emotional anchors.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Judy was sort of a nonentity in these films until Annabelle Comes Home, where she was played by Mckenna Grace and given the character development of being ostracized by her classmates over her possible-grifter parents.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Shawn is played by out actor Rafael L. Silva, but the character’s sexuality is only noted in passing, and his relationship with his boyfriend is a nonentity.
    Ashley Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • These plants are adapted to the specific soils, climate and other local conditions of their region and support the local food web, providing habitat for native wildlife, pollinators and insects.
    Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The disease spreads through triatomine insect bites, per UCLA Health.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Least.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/least. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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