1
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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2
as in smaller
of little or less value or merit
a minor poet who is little read nowadays
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3
as in small
lacking importance
only a minor detail, which we can easily disregard for the moment
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as in juvenile
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Recent Examples of minor
Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
More recently, Republican lawmakers banned transgender students from using school bathrooms that match their gender identity and banned gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 9 July 2025
Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
The tracking system works in conjunction with subject recognition and is extremely effective in practice, though my only (minor) gripe is that its initial acquisition box is fixed at one size.
—PC Magazine, 25 July 2025
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Adjective
However, Missouri’s ban on gender-affirming surgeries for minors, a frequent focus of Republicans, does not expire.
—Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
More recently, Republican lawmakers banned transgender students from using school bathrooms that match their gender identity and banned gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 9 July 2025
Noun
He was taken to a hospital for treatment for minor wounds to his neck and released Friday.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
The tracking system works in conjunction with subject recognition and is extremely effective in practice, though my only (minor) gripe is that its initial acquisition box is fixed at one size.
—PC Magazine, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minor
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Beyond providing an invitation for music-curious Austinites to come explore the clubs, the festival offers a lifeline to musicians and venues during the slow summer season, when small clubs that support emerging artists face some of their greatest challenges.—
Mars Salazar,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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Bringing bold wallpaper into a small space can be a fun way to add a bit of a ‘wow’ factor, and that is precisely what Laws did in this 40-square-foot half-bath.—
Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
Noun
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At least 41 of those cranes were reported to be juveniles, fresh new recruits from the breeding grounds in and around Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Succi said first responders found that the driver of the vehicle and a juvenile in the backseat were trapped inside and needed to be extricated by fire crews.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Evers signed the $111 billion two-year spending plan into law just after 1:30 a.m. July 3, less than an hour after the state Assembly sent the Democratic governor the final budget bill.—
Jessie Opoien,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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As my colleague Arpan Lobo reported in May, people are spending less time at breweries and less time drinking beer, and a new generation of young adults is drinking much less than older generations, according to a recent Gallup poll.—
Brian Manzullo,
Freep.com,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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Instead of allowing senior citizens and disabled first-responders choose the plan that was right for them — and the vast majority have chosen traditional Medicare — de Blasio forced every one of them into an inferior Medicare Advantage plan run by a for-profit insurance company.—
Marianne Pizzitola,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025
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The bolder value vision is in using new AI capabilities to solve long-standing inefficiencies or problems that may have been targeted before, albeit with inferior technology.—
Beena Ammanath,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Car buyers are benefiting from a slight downturn in interest rates, too.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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The agency also issued forecast alerts of slight sea level changes for the rest of Japan’s coastline.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Instead of feeling supported, adolescents may start to believe that there’s something wrong with them, rather than recognizing it as something understandable, that deserves empathy.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The new analysis concludes that about 8.4 million U.S. adolescents — or nearly 33% — have prediabetes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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She's known in the sport around the state as Big D — and for her mean two-handed backhand.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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One is a mysterious young woman with some mean kung fu skills who has just arrived from China in the Italian capital in search of her missing sister; the other is the son of an indebted local restaurant owner who has disappeared with his lover.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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“Minor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minor. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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