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Recent Examples of iota The Standard & Poor’s 500 finished an iota higher, less than 0.1%, after surrendering virtually all of its early gain of 0.9%. Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025 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 Kapadia also profiles a handful of female journalists, who, alongside the film’s array of villains, emerge as spirited heroes offering an iota of hope to counter the feeling of impending doom. Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for iota
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Noun
  • Since the death of Tom Petty meant an end to his primary job in 2017, Tench has still been visible in the background as a member of the house band in practically any tribute show that’s worth a damn.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Continue reading … 'STEELE' THE SHOW – MSNBC host demands Democrats start giving a ‘damn’ about Trump, Musk in fiery rant.
    Fox News, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The show also begged us to care one whit about Nick’s secret romance with… Jessica’s sister!!!
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The lack of logic Trump’s fun-house version of justice may not matter a whit to voters, or alter even slightly their perceptions of the two major parties.
    Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The comments are a hoot Fire and Braids named The Republic's best tamale in metro Phoenix.
    Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Our driver, Stu, was a hoot and snuck in a couple of impromptu stops at Baldwin Street, the world’s steepest street, and the historic Dunedin Railway Station, an architectural landmark considered to be the most photographed building in New Zealand.
    Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Burgess can be seen sporting red hair, leaning over to pretend to take a lick of an ice cream cone.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • His fans got nuzzles, licks and tail wags in return.
    Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • To put it more directly: Iowa State, Colorado and Arizona better leave no shred of doubt in the remaining weeks of Big 12 play and the conference tournament to have a shot at March Madness.
    Mark Schindler, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Trump’s contrived veneer is being ripped away to reveal an immoral, mendacious, transactional opportunist, without a shred of loyalty to anyone or anything but himself.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Trump, in his first term, expressed a modicum of admiration while visiting what is affectionately called the Black Smithsonian.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
  • The testing usually only covers a modicum of tests and doesn’t exhaustively test all possible variations (the time and cost would be enormous and likely prohibitive).
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Shop jewelry, dress-up pieces, crafts—like this beading kit—for littles of all ages.
    Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Even Williams’ performance does little to flesh her out.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Iota.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iota. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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