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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
  • On board is a micro rover built by ispace called Tenacious as well as several commercial payloads.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025
  • Citing micro data from the Labor Department, the WSJ estimates graduates have an unemployment rate of 6.6% over the past 12 months ending in May, the highest level in a decade with the exception of the pandemic spike.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Two weeks can be too tight of a turnaround time for any horse one iota shy of tip-top shape.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Tech has a tiny presence on the Southeast Asia 500, generating just under 3% of the list’s total revenue.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune, 22 June 2025
  • Capture brain signals: The device's tiny electrodes pick up signals from individual neurons in the motor cortex.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • Explanatory panels promise various types of monitoring, but the personal data used for monitoring is minuscule compared with competitors.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 June 2025
  • Given that there are infinitely many positive integers of all different sizes, however, this number is minuscule compared with even larger primes.
    Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 16 June 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
  • The likelihood that this will go well — and not be a bureaucratic nightmare for thousands of homeowners — is infinitesimal.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025
  • Needless to say, in the streaming age, that same percentage of $.003 per stream is infinitesimal.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • She’s tweaked the recipe over the years, with the current version having a smidgen more heat.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
  • That’s just a smidgen more than the 5.03% increase in 2023, according to Chief Deputy Assessor Brad Smith.
    Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2025
Adjective
  • At a microscopic level, preventing hostile takeovers of the usually beneficial microbial ecosystems that inhabit our guts could protect many thousands of people annually from serious illness.
    Gabriel Popkin, Quanta Magazine, 16 June 2025
  • These microscopic round worms, often found in garden sites, cause root damage and there is no reliable control.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2025

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“Minim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minim. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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