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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Recent Examples of iota
Delon still retained every iota of his ultra-sultriness.
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Victoria Edel, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
And in elite speed sports, every iota of energy counts.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
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.
—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
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Victoria Edel, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
And in elite speed sports, every iota of energy counts.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for iota
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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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Oldman seems to be having a hoot in the role, too, which has landed him one of the show’s aforementioned Emmy nominations.Brian Grubb, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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Margaret Qualley, as the former A-lister's younger self, also goes for broke in a film that's a disturbing, hilarious and jaw-dropping hoot.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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This tribute to the ill-fitting celebrity guest spots on sitcoms of yore rises to incredible heights of lunacy and requires not a lick of prior knowledge about Little Richard to pull laughs from viewers.Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
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Because McMillan’s also one of the few collegiate wideouts who’s ever given Hunter a lick of trouble.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
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The story picks up in a military bunker in the Everglades, where the last shreds of humanity have gathered in search of safety.Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Drone footage shows the roof of the dome being ripped off in shreds, eventually falling away entirely to expose the dome’s supporting structural beams and the interior of the ballpark, from the stadium seating to the outfield.Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2024
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That a person with even a modicum of self-awareness would submit to such a floridly craven, histrionically insecure practice is, to me, shocking.Lili Anolik, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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The hard rubber tires are not pneumatic, but when ridden, deliver a modicum of cushion and a lot of grip.William Roberson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Considered one of the scariest haunted houses in Cincinnati, the littles can visit with the lights on and friendly ghouls hand out candy.Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2024
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And yet the government has done precious little to keep it from happening again.Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 13 July 2017
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“Iota.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iota. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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