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Recent Examples of minimally
The study showed how such a system could deliver precise, minimally invasive repair inside living organisms.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Nalu Medical developed the Nalu Neurostimulation System to address chronic pain in a minimally invasive fashion.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The minimally landscaped areas immediately around the house quickly give way to the arid landscape, the spiny shrubs and Joshua trees interspersed with several sculptures set against the undulating shadow lines of the distant mountains.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
Now, Max plays in a rock band, Spec Labs, made up entirely of people on the spectrum, previously worked at Starbucks and is currently opening up new avenues of communication via a protocol called Spellers, which teaches spelling and typing to nonspeaking or minimally speaking individuals.
—Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
For advanced cases, the minimally invasive lipedema reduction surgery—specifically ALT (Advanced Lipedema Method) — is the gold standard.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Frozen vegetables are minimally processed to remove inedible parts and extend their shelf life.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2025
Bulk crowdwork—or outsourcing data annotation to workers who are minimally trained—can struggle to provide the level of nuance, cultural sensitivity and domain knowledge that's needed in complex multimodal AI systems, like medical records, finance or multilingual dialogues.
—Gangesh Pathak, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Services range from nonoperative treatment options and minimally invasive outpatient surgery to complex and life-enhancing surgical procedures, according to Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Nalu Medical developed the Nalu Neurostimulation System to address chronic pain in a minimally invasive fashion.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
The minimally landscaped areas immediately around the house quickly give way to the arid landscape, the spiny shrubs and Joshua trees interspersed with several sculptures set against the undulating shadow lines of the distant mountains.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025
Now, Max plays in a rock band, Spec Labs, made up entirely of people on the spectrum, previously worked at Starbucks and is currently opening up new avenues of communication via a protocol called Spellers, which teaches spelling and typing to nonspeaking or minimally speaking individuals.
—Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
For advanced cases, the minimally invasive lipedema reduction surgery—specifically ALT (Advanced Lipedema Method) — is the gold standard.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Frozen vegetables are minimally processed to remove inedible parts and extend their shelf life.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2025
Bulk crowdwork—or outsourcing data annotation to workers who are minimally trained—can struggle to provide the level of nuance, cultural sensitivity and domain knowledge that's needed in complex multimodal AI systems, like medical records, finance or multilingual dialogues.
—Gangesh Pathak, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Services range from nonoperative treatment options and minimally invasive outpatient surgery to complex and life-enhancing surgical procedures, according to Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimally
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Their responses, which have been edited slightly for length, can be found below.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Oct. 2025
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All of them had very low rankings for student selectivity and were fairly low for education and career outcomes, but were slightly better ranked for the campus safety and cost and financing rankings.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Plus, Jeff soon regains his memory, and after realizing he’s now forced to be a working stiff barely keeping his head above water, he’s pissed.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Front row at the Dior spring 2026 show in Paris, a few weeks later, her layers were prominent; the short ends just barely brushing her oversize sunglasses.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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In other hands, this would cue a standard disease-of-the-week weepie, but Coixet keeps the tone lightly wistful and wise, and trains her attention ever more minutely on Rohrwacher, who along with her character, seems to blossom gradually under this steady gaze.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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The title may have the tang of a prog-rock album, but the book is witty, minutely detailed, and braced by common sense—a welcome gift in an often obsessive environment.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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But Korean pop music has scantly been recognized in the larger pop or general categories at the Grammys.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
2 Oct. 2025
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Like Perri, the data would suggest Darlow has conceded more goals than he was expected to, but to a marginally better extent.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Most of those who shaped or even marginally influenced the events of October 7th are gone, leaving Gaza’s authority withered to the point that even managing the hostages has become paralyzingly difficult.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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In 2018, the progressive Nebraska nonprofit leader narrowly beat a moderate former Democratic congressman in the primary for Omaha’s seat.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Bengals got to the Super Bowl during the 2021 season, only to narrowly lose to the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium, the Rams' house.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Then here comes D’Angelo with his straight-back cornrows and baggy jeans, singing about the pleasures of weed through a honeyed voice, his timbre somewhat rough as if this 21-year-old kid had lived a lifetime.—
Marcus J. Moore,
Pitchfork,
15 Oct. 2025
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While overall return rates are somewhat steady, some areas are facing more pressure than others.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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At Wembley the previous March, Newcastle fans had won the weekend in London, turning Trafalgar Square into a boozy tableau of black-and-white mayhem, but the team had scarcely turned up for their Carabao Cup final against Manchester United.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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But McCormick’s family said the man could scarcely write.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Minimally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimally. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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