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Recent Examples of minimally
And while the club has added to that group only minimally so far, a good portion of those players will be relied upon again in 2026.
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
Keep your water faucets dripping, wrap your pipes in minimally heated areas with piping insulation, and leave doors open to allow heat to flow through your home.
—Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
While order throughput has doubled, staffing has increased only minimally.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The surgery would most likely be a minimally invasive arthroscopic procedure done as an out patient.
—Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
The minimally contrasting color design easily fits a variety of aesthetics if your vibe is elegant and understated.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2026
Chai uses fully oxidized black tea plus spices (often with milk), while green tea is minimally processed.
—Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 20 Jan. 2026
The healthiest choices are minimally processed, without additives and sweeteners.
—Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 18 Jan. 2026
Choose whole or minimally processed foods.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 12 Jan. 2026
Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
Keep your water faucets dripping, wrap your pipes in minimally heated areas with piping insulation, and leave doors open to allow heat to flow through your home.
—Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
While order throughput has doubled, staffing has increased only minimally.
—Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The surgery would most likely be a minimally invasive arthroscopic procedure done as an out patient.
—Harlan Selesnick, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
The minimally contrasting color design easily fits a variety of aesthetics if your vibe is elegant and understated.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 23 Jan. 2026
Chai uses fully oxidized black tea plus spices (often with milk), while green tea is minimally processed.
—Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 20 Jan. 2026
The healthiest choices are minimally processed, without additives and sweeteners.
—Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 18 Jan. 2026
Choose whole or minimally processed foods.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimally
Adverb
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Start with a number that feels slightly uncomfortable and go up from there.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Mallama noted that satellites in the Amazon Leo constellation (which used to be known as Project Kuiper) are significantly dimmer than the BlueBirds and slightly fainter than most Starlink satellites, which orbit at a lower altitude of around 300 miles (480 km).—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
25 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Soft polymers stretch easily but generate little force, while stiffer ones produce force yet barely move.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Jan. 2026
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Zayn turned his attention to Trick with a dive to the outside where Williams barely caught him.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Williams knows how to humanize this bare-bones vocabulary, minutely adjusting the voicing of a chord or caressing the last of a set of recurring motifs with a regretful ritardando.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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When the mask slipped or seemed to slip in the breakup video, however minutely, their counterparts — gay shitposters — pissed through the gap.—
Paul McAdory,
Them.,
9 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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That 17 per cent share marginally higher than the previous three years at Goodison Park.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Hong Kong's Hang Seng index bucked the trend, falling marginally and seeing losses mainly in basic materials stocks, while the CSI 300 index on mainland China was flat.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The bill narrowly failed in the Senate.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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Dash camera video captured the teen speeding away from the traffic stop and narrowly missing a deputy standing in the road.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The press conference was somewhat unusual, given that the incident had no connection to Philadelphia whatsoever.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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The scope of the effort is almost incomprehensible, both for its sheer size and persistence on a low-lying peninsula, where the delineation between land and sea has always been somewhat unclear and is becoming less so.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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For someone who loves avant-garde design, there could scarcely be a better everyday watch.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
19 Jan. 2026
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While a much smaller state, Mississippi spends scarcely half of what California does yet does a better job of teaching children to read.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Minimally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimally. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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