as in slight
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
investors disappointed by stock dividends that were decidedly de minimis
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Recent Examples of de minimis
The agency is processing some 4 million de minimis shipments every day.
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Bill Chappell, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
The Biden administration also called on Congress to pass legislation to overhaul the original de minimis rules.
—Annie Nova,gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2024
Critics say the de minimis provision gets cheap stuff to U.S. consumers via e-commerce but also raises safety concerns and risks.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
Taxpayers can determine the value of their losses through methods such as insurance company declarations, contractor estimates, or the de minimis method, which allows for a good-faith estimate of losses up to $5,000.
—Raul Elizalde, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Bill Chappell, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
The Biden administration also called on Congress to pass legislation to overhaul the original de minimis rules.
—Annie Nova,gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2024
Critics say the de minimis provision gets cheap stuff to U.S. consumers via e-commerce but also raises safety concerns and risks.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
Taxpayers can determine the value of their losses through methods such as insurance company declarations, contractor estimates, or the de minimis method, which allows for a good-faith estimate of losses up to $5,000.
—Raul Elizalde, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for de minimis
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As a result, Goose will always have a slight limp because his leg is now a bit shorter.Joy Jackson , Eula Calahan, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Although the slippers looked nearly identical, a consultant for the Smithsonian analyzed slight differences in the pairs and determined that the ones that were sold on Saturday were in many of the most famous scenes of the movie.Hank Sanders, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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The result of the shift could be a real deal of the century: an abatement of the multipronged conflicts raging in the Middle East, a political horizon and reconstruction for the Palestinians and the Lebanese, and some nominal concessions from Tehran on its nuclear program and regional malfeasance.Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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Assad retained nominal control of much of the country with Russian, Iranian and Hezbollah assistance.Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
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The air concentrations of VOCs found in some candle studies have been insignificant when compared with levels previously deemed unsafe.Kristen Rogers, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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In fairness, the aid to families is not insignificant.Bridget Grumet, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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My understanding has always been that the relic trade is loosely tolerated by the powers that be (many of whom have some pretty choice relics of their own), because one of the sneakiest ways authoritarian societies thrive is by letting their subjects get away with petty rebellions.Noel Murray, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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As our profile lays out, the record reveals Billy Wagner as a blustery, bigger-than-life figure who engaged in petty crime and coached his family to do the same.Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
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Coined as far back as 1854 by Henry David Thoreau in Walden, the idea of mental deterioration from trivial distractions has never been more relevant.Mark Travers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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In Africa, businesses like Abubakar’s keep countless tons of toxic trash out of landfills, reduce the need for mining, and create thousands of jobs—hardly a trivial consideration in a nation where nearly two-thirds of people live in poverty.Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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“De minimis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de%20minimis. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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