as in tiny
very small in size
public health officials have claimed that the chemical is harmless in such minuscule amounts
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Recent Examples of minuscule
My personal favorite is her left hand pointer finger, where minuscule 3D eyeballs were placed atop a hypnotizing, swirling red design.
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 18 Sep. 2025
That amount, according to Peltier, is minuscule compared with the $450 million the organization has spent on legal services under contracts signed in 2021 and 2022.
—Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
Hickey glanced at her daughter’s trove, then at the store’s dense, minuscule universe.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
In recent weeks, the weekly take was dropping to the $500,000 range, then $400,000 and then last week’s gross was a minuscule $380,052.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 18 Sep. 2025
That amount, according to Peltier, is minuscule compared with the $450 million the organization has spent on legal services under contracts signed in 2021 and 2022.
—Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
Hickey glanced at her daughter’s trove, then at the store’s dense, minuscule universe.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
In recent weeks, the weekly take was dropping to the $500,000 range, then $400,000 and then last week’s gross was a minuscule $380,052.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for minuscule
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minuscule
tiny
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The barbecue rub seasoning adds a tiny bit of that familiar barbecue sweet-savory mixture.—
Marianne Williams,
Southern Living,
28 Sep. 2025
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As a child in Cuba, Mike Fernandez watched as his teachers were replaced with government instructors, books vanished from classroom shelves and ultimately, Communist Party officials took over his dad's tiny sandwich stand.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Minuscule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minuscule. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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