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
Okay, where then would an intelligence explosion have a modicum of chance occurring?
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Over the course of three Venom movies, Tom Hardy has done a lot to bring a modicum of gravitas to a profoundly silly story about a parasitic alien whose place in the Marvel universe cosmology has never made a lot of sense.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
The song ultimately brought Dalhart fame and a modicum of wealth.
—Ted Olson, The Conversation, 9 Aug. 2024
Having been wiped off the docket following appearances in the 1900 and 1904 Games, the sport returned in 2016, but struggled to gain even a modicum of momentum.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Over the course of three Venom movies, Tom Hardy has done a lot to bring a modicum of gravitas to a profoundly silly story about a parasitic alien whose place in the Marvel universe cosmology has never made a lot of sense.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
The song ultimately brought Dalhart fame and a modicum of wealth.
—Ted Olson, The Conversation, 9 Aug. 2024
Having been wiped off the docket following appearances in the 1900 and 1904 Games, the sport returned in 2016, but struggled to gain even a modicum of momentum.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modicum
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Shortly thereafter, Facebook changed its name to Meta and sank $45 billion into its vision of a digital universe that most people just don’t seem to give much of a damn about.—
Boone Ashworth,
WIRED,
25 Sep. 2024
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But the rate at which people are ditching cable suggests that carriage fees won’t be worth a tinker’s damn by the time the looming batch of NBA deals expires.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
5 July 2024
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The last-minute Annie Oakley act does not alter that one whit.—
The Editors,
National Review,
30 Sep. 2024
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The same wellness warriors who fret about microplastics seem not to care one whit about the breakdown of medical aesthetics.—
Mattie Kahn,
Vogue,
23 July 2024
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Most organ players in those days would just play through everything, but Garth would lay back, hit licks, hit horn shots.—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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And Rich has never given a rat’s ass about playing all of the great licks.—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Liu doesn’t invite a shred of sympathy for this pitiless mom.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The former hit a satellite of its own in 2021, creating more than 1,500 shreds of space debris.—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
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The supporting cast around them is more successful in actually eliciting laughs: Tatro is the film’s exotic-dancing voice of reason, Leanne Morgan plays Margot’s scene-stealing, raunchy older sister, and Celia Weston is a hoot as their tough-love mom.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
30 Jan. 2025
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Gervais is a hoot, going broad with his slippery antagonist’s freewheeling nonsense.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
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Attention, littles: Ms. Rachel is on her way to Netflix!—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
14 Jan. 2025
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Ready for Fed The S&P 500 ended Tuesday little changed as traders await the Federal Reserve’s key interest rate cut decision (more on that below).—
Michele Luhn,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2024
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“Modicum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modicum. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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