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as in lesser
having not so great importance or rank as another
some minor official with an exaggerated sense of his own importance
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as in smaller
of little or less value or merit
a minor poet who is little read nowadays
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as in small
lacking importance
only a minor detail, which we can easily disregard for the moment
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Recent Examples of minor
David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Following a minor car accident in Charlotte, Dalton was sidelined with a thumb injury, and Young returned to the starting lineup.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2025
Tina Reed, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
The court is weighing the constitutionality of a state law in Tennessee that prohibits gender-affirming care for minors, and the justices appeared to lean toward upholding the law.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Two were treated for minor injuries at Lower Keys Medical Center.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Following a minor car accident in Charlotte, Dalton was sidelined with a thumb injury, and Young returned to the starting lineup.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2025
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What to watch: The Supreme Court is weighing whether to uphold laws that ban gender-affirming care for minors.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
The court is weighing the constitutionality of a state law in Tennessee that prohibits gender-affirming care for minors, and the justices appeared to lean toward upholding the law.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minor
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Toronto’s Fred VanVleet appears to be the top target, but Miami’s Kyle Lowry, Utah’s Mike Conley and, perhaps to a lesser extent, Charlotte’s Terry Rozier have been linked to the team at various points.Staff Writer Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
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The story of 2022 (and 2021 to a lesser extent) was energy.Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023
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Does this mean that community and small banks will struggle?Michael Abbott, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Reata at the Rodeo, a smaller but no less impressive version of the Southwestern steakhouse in downtown Fort Worth, will open at 11 a.m. Jan. 17 and will serve all day most days.Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2025
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Two people, one a juvenile, have been charged in the October 2023 shooting death of a Round Lake teenager, authorities said.Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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Sent to prison for past shooting As a juvenile, Flowers was sentenced in 2015 in connection with a drive-by shooting in St. Paul’s Payne-Phalen neighborhood that police described as gang-related.Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2025
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One event that will carry on as initially planned: the Sundance Film Festival, which is readying to unspool its 2025 edition in Park City, Utah in less than two weeks.Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2025
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The album reportedly sold less than 1,000 copies within its first week, with a collective download count of 6,000 across its 12-song track list.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
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The Browns dismantled their offense this year and rebuilt an inferior version in an attempt to appease Deshaun Watson.Jason Lloyd, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Aristotle argued that some people, such as those with mental impairments, were inferior to those with greater mental faculties.Monti Datta, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
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California saw a slight decrease in unemployment from October to November 2024, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Labor.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The result is a fund that closely mirrors its benchmark in terms of overall composition, but with slight tweaks aimed at generating excess returns.Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
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The report found that 50 per 100,000 in adolescents assigned female at birth and 25 per 100,000 in adolescents assigned male at birth received hormones.Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Adding fluoride to community drinking water is credited with reducing the average number of teeth with cavities by 44% in adults and 58% in adolescents since the 1960s, the health service says.Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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The 10th pick and an extra second-rounder mean strong draft capital.Jacob Robinson, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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In other words, even now, decades after the disability rights movement began, people are mean.Angela Haupt, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Minor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minor. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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