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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Even if the odds of us winning the title are now vanishingly small, giving up now could put us at risk of getting dragged into a top 4 battle.
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James McNicholas, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
And at a moment when more or less any sound, any effect, is already at our digital fingertips, doesn’t the likelihood that any particular new instrument might hold the key to our musical future grow vanishingly small?
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
There’s even a vanishingly small chance that the incoming space rock could strike the moon.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
The identification of the young Herculaneum man's brain as having turned to glass adds a new – and vanishingly rare – possibility to the list.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
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James McNicholas, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
And at a moment when more or less any sound, any effect, is already at our digital fingertips, doesn’t the likelihood that any particular new instrument might hold the key to our musical future grow vanishingly small?
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
There’s even a vanishingly small chance that the incoming space rock could strike the moon.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
The identification of the young Herculaneum man's brain as having turned to glass adds a new – and vanishingly rare – possibility to the list.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vanishingly
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“Vanishingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanishingly. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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