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Recent Examples of minim
Hartford Courant, courant.com, 30 Sep. 2017
Related:
Here are some tricks from the CDC for de-ticking yourself:
• Put your clothes in the dryer on high heat for a minim of six minutes.
—Valerie Lego, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2017
Noun
Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
—Hartford Courant, courant.com, 30 Sep. 2017
Related:
Here are some tricks from the CDC for de-ticking yourself:
• Put your clothes in the dryer on high heat for a minim of six minutes.
—Valerie Lego, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minim
Adjective
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On board is a micro rover built by ispace called Tenacious as well as several commercial payloads.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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In other words, on the micro level, the painting was more uniform than previously determined.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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With hair bleached a garish blond and her saucer eyes rolling insolently at sensitive Philip (Leslie Howard) and his endearments, Bette Davis plays W. Somerset Maugham's caustic cockney waitress at full throttle and without an iota of warmth.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Mar. 2026
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Their secrets, grudges, and desires haven’ changes one iota.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Whether still or striding, tiny or outsized, Giacometti’s elongated, upright figures persist as some of the most recognizable works of the post-World War Two era.—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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More than a toy, this plush companion acts as a surrogate mom after the tiny primate was rejected by his own mother, Kamaria, a first-time parent unable to form a maternal bond.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sometimes the import agent or the customs official jots down the wrong product code, the wrong tariff rate, or the wrong number of units.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Whereas a caddie jots down notes in a yardage book, Morse keeps observations on his phone and refers to them year after year.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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His minuscule walk rate (3 percent) reflects as such.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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These totals are minuscule compared with some of the titans of Esports gaming.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Soldier Boy looks a smidge less disgusted with his son after hearing that.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2026
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The blue-chip index is back within a smidge of its all-time high.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But consider for a moment what autonomous vehicles actually do that only an infinitesimal number of Maryland drivers actually manage.—
John Seng,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
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After easing them from the lab and onto the truck, the scientists transported the antimatter on a half-hour drive to test how — if at all — the infinitesimal particles could be transported by road without seeping out.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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But in the past year, the scope of insider trading has grown to unprecedented levels thanks to new platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket that offer bets on everything from major world events to celebrity trifles.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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These linguistic peculiarities may come across as mere trifles at first.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Minim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minim. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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