MINIMUMS Synonyms: 138 Similar and Opposite Words

minima

noun

variants or minimums

plural of minimum

as in minims

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Noun

To be fair, Snyder, who’s also credited as the film’s cinematographer, captures no shortage of admittedly stirring images throughout, especially those involving flickering light and brooding shadows.

— Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Bluesign is stepping out from the supply chain shadows and into the world of consumers.

— Jessica Binns, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of shadows

Noun

In Lower Manhattan, the collapse of the Twin Towers led to a massive dust cloud that filled the air and blanketed city blocks with ash, debris, metal, glass, asbestos, benzene and other harmful particles, according to the WTC Health program.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
The main filter comes with a fine-mesh inner basket for capturing particles such as sand, pollen, and other grit.

— John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of particles

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Editor Cam McLauchlin never cuts them into mere blitzes of limbs and blood, though DP Katelin Arizmendi’s acidic palette of yellows, greens and corporeal streaks of red does lend the realism a kind of pop-art splendor.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
This male bird’s lemon-yellow underside is adorned with fine black streaks that form a necklace across its breast.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of streaks

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Vortex structures At 416 nanometers, the solar surface is dominated by granules, the convection cells that carry heat from the interior.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Benefits of Rabbit Repellents Commercial rabbit repellents are easy to apply, either as a ready-to-use spray or as scatterable granules.

— Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026

Definition of granules

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Darnold was later ruled out for the remainder of the game with a hip injury and was reportedly getting X-rays, according to the NBC broadcast.

— Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
They are found from Cape Cod to Florida and eat fish, smaller sharks, octopus, squid, eels, rays, shrimp and crab.

— Neal Riley, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of rays

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Their head coach would pace around them before belting out three syllables.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
The goddess Gayatri, a divine manifestation of the Gayatri mantra, is described in the Mahanarayana Upanishad as having five heads, along with three feet, six abdominal sections, and 24 syllables.

— Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

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But the team recovered amino acid variants, molecules that make up proteins, that suggested three bones and two teeth were Denisovan, according to the new studies.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
The team at Rainmaker says drones are the most precise and cost-effective way of cloud seeding, a process that uses molecules of silver iodide to attract water droplets and enhance the amount rain and snow that falls.

— Daniel Manzo, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

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