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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minima
Noun
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As the players linked arms as one by one — five of them were brave enough to take on the enormous pressure of these penalties — in the shadows was the 2-1 defeat by Barcelona in their only other Champions League final twenty years ago.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
31 May 2026 -
Pérez daring anyone in the shadows to step forward.—
Sam Leveridge,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Noun
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Avoid spraying when wind speeds exceed 5 miles per hour and use a low spray pressure to increase droplet size, as larger particles are less likely to move with the wind.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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One is a compass-like mechanism, whereby the Earth exerts a pull on magnetic particles in a bird’s upper beak that relays directional information via a large nerve in the cranium.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Record streaks at risk The S & P 500 fell Wednesday, putting its nine-week winning streak in jeopardy.—
Adrian van Hauwermeiren,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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To be fair, two of those six-game losing streaks were part of double-digit skids that season (13 games and 11 games).—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Prime lips for a perfectly smooth, even application using the 3-in-1 Lip Scrub pen, which gently scrubs away dead skin with super-fine sugar granules and keeps lips hydrated with nourishing shea butter and algae.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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Fall rains can dissolve the granules and deliver nutrients to the root zones, says Mary Godinez, the owner of Cross Keys Farm.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
13 May 2026
Noun
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The researchers used ultrabright X-rays at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan to understand how the structural changes improved ion transport.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 June 2026
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The raycaster works by sending out rays from the player’s position to detect the distance to the first wall the player can see in that line.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Her oval nails are painted in a khaki base coat with big, blue, swirly dots.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
25 May 2026
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The Golden Knights are great between the dots and, clearly, in between the Avs’ ears.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
Noun
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The final syllables accelerate into a blur, whereupon a ritual of wailing erupts.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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After the breakdown plunges into a low-pass filter, the song emerges out the other hand with a fully fledged vocal, lyrics and all—a relatively rarity in Willner’s world of half-syllables and blurred phrases.—
Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Living systems invest energy into making molecules that serve specific functions, even when those molecules are complex and harder to form.—
Gideon Yoffe,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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Sodium bicarbonate neutralizes odor molecules.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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“Minima.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minima. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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