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noun

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Recent Examples of minim
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 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 Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. courant.com, 30 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minim
Adjective
  • Block Club Chicago covers city neighborhoods on a micro level.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • On board is a micro rover built by ispace called Tenacious as well as several commercial payloads.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The Senators entered the series as underdogs and with one iota of the pressure on their backs compared with the Maple Leafs and the playoff demons that live in their heads and beds.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Does anyone on this program have one iota of a survival instinct in their doomed bodies?
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Compatible with Windows, macOS, Android and more, this tiny SSD is available in 512GB, 1TB and 2TB capacities and offers data transfer speeds up to a maximum of 20Gbps, although that depends on the speed of the host device and some MacBooks and iPhones may top out at 10Gbps speeds.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • Every month for the last three, he’s received an infusion of billions of tiny balls of fat, containing instructions to edit genes in his liver cells.
    Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • That minuscule percentage made all the difference between the Bulls welcoming a generational talent and scouring the back end of the lottery for good value.
    Darnell Mayberry, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • Furthermore, some folks have preferred to stay in triple tax-free municipal bonds with minuscule yields, instead of shifting part of their portfolio into higher returning areas of the market.
    Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • To those that have already made their mind up about migrants and Muslims, Fall’s film won’t make a jot of difference.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Any guy who journals, writes, or simply jots down notes will use it forever.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Often, critical elements in a story are suggested in a glance, a gesture, a line of dialogue—events of infinitesimal scale but large import.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
  • In a gigantic state budget of $26 billion per year, the expenses are projected to be under the spending cap by only $500,000 — an infinitesimal amount on a percentage basis.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the mouth this is elegant and creamy, layered, well structured, complex with toffee flavors and even a smidgen of Amarone and pine.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The extra coverage is advantageous for landscapes, architecture, and other scenes that are just a smidgen too vast for a typical all-in-one zoom to capture in frame.
    Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The microscopic gene-editors zeroed in on one of Muldoon's mutations so tiny molecular scissors could perform a kind of genetic surgery — literally rewriting his genetic code to fix his defect.
    Rob Stein, NPR, 15 May 2025
  • Babesiosis is caused by a microscopic parasite called Babesia microti, which lives in the blood of rodents like shrews, chipmunks and mice.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025

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“Minim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minim. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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