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
Democratic lawmakers have called Kehoe’s effort misleading and hollow, saying the money was also minuscule compared to the $130 million the state receives each month to provide federal food assistance to more than 650,000 residents.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Although some flu vaccines grown in eggs have traces of residual egg protein, the amount is so minuscule that most people with egg allergies can still safely be vaccinated.
—Liz Szabo, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
Is there even a minuscule possibility that the White Stripes will appear together for the first time in 16 years?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile in Taiwan, already minuscule support for reunification dwindles with every passing year.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Although some flu vaccines grown in eggs have traces of residual egg protein, the amount is so minuscule that most people with egg allergies can still safely be vaccinated.
—Liz Szabo, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
Is there even a minuscule possibility that the White Stripes will appear together for the first time in 16 years?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile in Taiwan, already minuscule support for reunification dwindles with every passing year.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minuscule
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At the previous World Cup in 2022, hosted by tiny Qatar, all of England’s games were in Doha or just outside that city.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Nanotubes are ultra-small cylindrical structures, so tiny that thousands could fit across the width of a human hair.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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Near those boundaries, microscopic changes in pace or line flip the result, explaining why near-identical putts can alternate between agony and ecstasy.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Microneedling, also a popular cosmetic procedure, creates microscopic punctures in the skin to produce a similar effect, but does not use radiofrequency.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Minuscule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minuscule. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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