vanishingly
adverb
van·ish·ing·ly
ˈva-ni-shiŋ-lē 
: so as to be almost nonexistent or invisible
the difference is vanishingly small
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Successful democratic transitions, especially after periods of armed conflict, are vanishingly rare.
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David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Mass shootings carried out by females are vanishingly rare.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Voter fraud is vanishingly rare in the United States.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
That report, which was finally released just under a year ago, offered scant new data on the problem and concluded extremism was vanishingly rare in the armed forces.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Mass shootings carried out by females are vanishingly rare.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Voter fraud is vanishingly rare in the United States.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
That report, which was finally released just under a year ago, offered scant new data on the problem and concluded extremism was vanishingly rare in the armed forces.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Vanishingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanishingly. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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