smidgens

variants also smidgeons or smidgins or smidges
plural of smidgen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for smidgens
Noun
  • After a few days’ travel, some of the specks landed on a buoy floating in the North Atlantic off the coast of French Guyana.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Now for other people whose crepe myrtles look like yours, black bark and white specks are classic signs of crepe myrtle scales.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This area of open magnetic fields more easily releases charged particles into space.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • It is composed of smaller particles called quarks and gluons, bound by the strong interaction.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its black and white or brown flecks convey a fresh, modern feel that's ideal for breaking away from the tyranny of basics.
    María Munsuri, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Although other pests cause similar damage, thrips damage is often associate with numerous small flecks of dark green to black fecal matter.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The goal is to sit at the center of every money move—paying rent, parking spare cash in a three-month T-bill, even accessing emergency funds on a Sunday—while quietly automating the bits that don't need hands-on attention.
    Jamie Elkaleh, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Scientists thought these spiky bits might be spiny scales, like those found on the bodies of rays and sharks.
    Staff Author, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Smidgens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smidgens. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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