as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
there's not an iota of doubt regarding the defendant's guilt
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This represents only an iota of the destruction this proposed 70-mile power line would inflict on productive forests and farmland, agrarian culture and the lives of Marylanders.
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Jerald Brown, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024
And, most importantly, will these, and Mr. Thiessen’s other recommendations, make an iota of difference in strengthening the alliance?
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
Now’s the time to re-learn the message that a suppressive, all-powerful government cannot control every iota of life.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 9 July 2024
This proves once again that Big Business does not care one iota about us common folks.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2024
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Jerald Brown, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2024
And, most importantly, will these, and Mr. Thiessen’s other recommendations, make an iota of difference in strengthening the alliance?
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
Now’s the time to re-learn the message that a suppressive, all-powerful government cannot control every iota of life.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 9 July 2024
This proves once again that Big Business does not care one iota about us common folks.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2024
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“Iota.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iota. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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