as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
only a modicum of skill is necessary to put the kit together
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Recent Examples of modicum
This openness granted her a modicum of power in her, uh, complicated relationship with future husband Christian Grey.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
There was a modicum of improvement in cookies that included peanut butter, such as the Peanut Butter Crisp featuring Butterfinger, since there was a bit more saltiness to enjoy.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
Neither side seems willing to extend even a modicum of trust to the other—or to a journalist like me, visiting to report on the standoff.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
Thus, for a working-class boy of Billy’s age, $5,000 feels like a life-altering sum that may open the door to a modicum of independence— that’s how much he’s offered to betray a new friend.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
There was a modicum of improvement in cookies that included peanut butter, such as the Peanut Butter Crisp featuring Butterfinger, since there was a bit more saltiness to enjoy.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
Neither side seems willing to extend even a modicum of trust to the other—or to a journalist like me, visiting to report on the standoff.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
Thus, for a working-class boy of Billy’s age, $5,000 feels like a life-altering sum that may open the door to a modicum of independence— that’s how much he’s offered to betray a new friend.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modicum
Noun
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Even for those in the North who didn’t care a damn for the four million held in brutal bondage, or those who wanted a soft, conciliatory approach, the war began to take on new and moral meaning.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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At the start, the project required building a damn to drain the water from the facade.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The whit and the whoo are from different owls.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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After 40 minutes, his energy hasn’t flagged a whit.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Kershaw was on the winning end more often than not, but that didn’t mean the Giants didn’t also get in their licks.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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From bouncy dancehall riddims and hip-hop production inflections to tender country and western guitar licks, Treasure Self Love distills Iké’s wide range of childhood music into a succinct 11-track study of achieving wholeness by unflinchingly examining the darkest parts of your past.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
18 Sep. 2025
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After all, that warped sitcom spoof has to be one of the most genuinely demented things to ever air, without a shred of warning and in the middle of the night, on cable TV.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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The film’s devastating revelations of intimate betrayals dispel nostalgia and sentiment down to the last shreds.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Though married to Betty Jo (Jeanne Tripplehorn, a hoot in femme-fatale mode), Dale was rumored to be gay.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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Milvia Marigliano is a hoot as Coco Vulori, an old dear friend with some very loud opinions to express, and maybe the key to helping DeSantis solve his wife’s onetime unfaithfulness.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
27 Aug. 2025
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But these low-risk hi jinx will encourage your own littles to try new things and take chances for the adventure of learning and saving friends.—
Katie Grant,
Parents,
24 Sep. 2025
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The pattern continues without the game, with the introduction of Kai Havertz and Noni Madueke doing little to improve things.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Modicum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modicum. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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