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noun

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Adjective
  • In the third quarter of 2024, China’s micro and small enterprises reported average revenue of 136,000 yuan ($18,700), marking a 4.8% decline compared with the same period in 2023, according to Peking University’s Centre for Enterprise Research’s most recent survey on MSEs.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The agency’s work has two essential tracks: the micro view of individual complaints and the macro view across all complaints that informs broader regulation and lawsuits.
    Matt Sedensky, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As anyone who’s watched an iota of sports programming over the past few years can attest, the betting business doesn’t traffic in subtlety.
    Sean Gregory / Boston, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
  • He was concerned as a boy that even an iota of doubt could lead him to a different fate, relegating him to an eternity separated from his family, particularly his parents.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Musk has estimated that his Department of Government Efficiency has cut $55 billion so far — a tiny fraction of the $6.8 trillion federal budget.
    Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Going into a huge thing like that as one tiny person who's never done anything like this.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Federal spending was relatively minuscule in those years.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The number of transgender athletes competing in school and college sports is thought to be minuscule.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • To those that have already made their mind up about migrants and Muslims, Fall’s film won’t make a jot of difference.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Rocketbook Core Reusable Spiral Notebook On Sale 9% off $31 Buy Now on Amazon $22 Buy Now on target For the one who takes the nicest notes and jots down pretty much everything, get them a more sustainable option.
    Mia Maguire, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Knowing the infinitesimal amounts of revenue that streaming pays artists, where does that money come from in this model?
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Experts on foreign assistance argue that DEI spending at the agency is infinitesimal, with USAID’s $40 billion budget representing less than 1% of total federal spending and the proportion of funds allocated to DEI causes being significantly less.
    A.J. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Nvidia fell 2% and was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500, though that represents just a smidgen of its huge gains made in recent years.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the third week in a row, a smidgen of relief for prospective home shoppers getting into the market before the busy spring homebuying season starts.
    Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • These may include the virus persisting in parts of the body, long-lasting disruption of the immune system, clotting in microscopic blood vessels, or changes to the bacteria and viruses that naturally inhabit our bodies.
    Farah Aziz Annesha, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
  • This is the problem with the slew of research finding microscopic shards of plastic in our arteries, kidneys and livers, the findings that our oceans, food, soil and air are teeming with tiny bits of Tupperware.
    Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Minim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minim. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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