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Recent Examples of least
Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 12 Jan. 2025
It can also be issued if sleet accumulation will be at least half-an-inch.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
August Brown, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
As of now, the Power 5 league least likely to be represented in the playoff is the Pac-12, whose teams have steadily beaten each other; only one of its teams is ranked in The A.P.’s top 15.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
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Adjective
The 28-14 win sends the Ravens to their fourth appearance in at least the divisional round over the past six seasons under Coach John Harbaugh.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 12 Jan. 2025
It can also be issued if sleet accumulation will be at least half-an-inch.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
Women nominated for Grammy Awards, for instance, were most likely to be recognized for best new artist or song of the year and least likely to be up for producer of the year.
—August Brown, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
As of now, the Power 5 league least likely to be represented in the playoff is the Pac-12, whose teams have steadily beaten each other; only one of its teams is ranked in The A.P.’s top 15.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for least
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The owner, knowing that his establishment is at capacity and taking into consideration the troublesome nobodies who are seeking entry, brusquely sends them away.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year’s Eve 1999.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024
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Unlike the two prior movies, there was also minimal audience interest.Marc Berman, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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That explain why authoritarians can arise through genuine support (or seize power by force with minimal opposition).Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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The binary system of ones and zeros later became the basis of digital coding, and Leibniz himself attempted to exploit it in some of his designs for machines that could perform calculations.Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Too often clubs hear of Leeds’ interest in a player and start adding zeros to the price tag — but the days of Leeds engaging in that sort of negotiating are long gone.Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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In a mere century, electricity has changed almost every human activity.U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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If this angle of attack fails, populists seek to degrade the military’s standing and legitimacy by launching political attacks on senior officers, portraying them as incompetent or as mere politicians in uniform.Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
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Use either a horticultural oil or systemic insecticide if these insects are noted, following label instructions.Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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Tours offer a chance to learn how district ecologists are improving the region’s watersheds by expanding the populations of mussels, crayfish, insects and fish.Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
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Pressed on one side by hard-liners and on the other by opponents of the Islamic Republic, the regime’s centrists and reformists had become political nonentities.Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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At the time the house was a nonentity, the models dull, the clients wealthy women who did not dress in the latest styles.Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Least.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/least. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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