as in tiny
very small in size
public health officials have claimed that the chemical is harmless in such minuscule amounts
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This documents a minuscule 3.3 percentage point improvement in 40 years toward the 100% attainment requirement of the CWA.
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Gerald Winegrad, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2025
Such encounters, which can easily go unnoticed because of a delay in the affected person’s immunological response, occur with the venomous caterpillars and moths that sport tufts of minuscule whiskers, called setae, on their surface.
—Ivan Amato, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
The aerial clash turns so colossal, the fighters on both factions appear like minuscule specks in a flock of birds.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
That said, a minuscule amount of product truly goes such a long way.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 28 Feb. 2025
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Gerald Winegrad, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2025
Such encounters, which can easily go unnoticed because of a delay in the affected person’s immunological response, occur with the venomous caterpillars and moths that sport tufts of minuscule whiskers, called setae, on their surface.
—Ivan Amato, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
The aerial clash turns so colossal, the fighters on both factions appear like minuscule specks in a flock of birds.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
That said, a minuscule amount of product truly goes such a long way.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Minuscule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minuscule. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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