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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What will happen is what has been happening: People will be driven from the business, and those who remain, most of them, will be paid even less, except for the vanishingly small few who will be paid more.
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Matthew Specktor, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
The chances for a ceasefire seemed vanishingly small after many false dawns in recent months.
—Keir Simmons, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
There are good reasons for this beyond prestige: the infrastructure, both physical and learned, required to host a two- or three-week event at the scale of a major year in, year out is available to a vanishingly small number of tennis facilities around the world.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The vast majority of leather belts on the market are machine stitched, with a vanishingly small minority distinguished by a painstaking process called saddle-stitching.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Specktor, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
The chances for a ceasefire seemed vanishingly small after many false dawns in recent months.
—Keir Simmons, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
There are good reasons for this beyond prestige: the infrastructure, both physical and learned, required to host a two- or three-week event at the scale of a major year in, year out is available to a vanishingly small number of tennis facilities around the world.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
The vast majority of leather belts on the market are machine stitched, with a vanishingly small minority distinguished by a painstaking process called saddle-stitching.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Vanishingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanishingly. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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