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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Recent Examples of minuscule
These totals are minuscule compared with some of the titans of Esports gaming.
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Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
In the years since then, Cordes and his team have followed nearly three hundred individual coral colonies within sixteen kilometres of the spill, recording minuscule changes in color, branch lengths, and physical integrity.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
But due to the lack of early round upsets, there are no schools remaining with minuscule budgets, and therefore no third-round matchups with huge financial disparities.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 26 Mar. 2026
In calmer conditions, mosquitoes use their minuscule brains to follow human heat, moisture and odors that are carried downwind.
—David Hu, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
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Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
In the years since then, Cordes and his team have followed nearly three hundred individual coral colonies within sixteen kilometres of the spill, recording minuscule changes in color, branch lengths, and physical integrity.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
But due to the lack of early round upsets, there are no schools remaining with minuscule budgets, and therefore no third-round matchups with huge financial disparities.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 26 Mar. 2026
In calmer conditions, mosquitoes use their minuscule brains to follow human heat, moisture and odors that are carried downwind.
—David Hu, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minuscule
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One new study looked at how the coloring of microplastics – the tiny bits of plastics found everywhere from our rivers to our brains – may actually be helping increase temperatures.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The lab didn't take DNA samples from each fish, which can be done by clipping off a tiny bit of one fin.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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Hantaviruses are groups of viruses – microscopic organisms that infect hosts – transmitted by mice and rats.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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To protect the fragile ecosystem from invasive species large and microscopic, visitors are told to stay away from animals and to avoid touching the ground with anything but their feet.—
Sam McNeil,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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“Minuscule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minuscule. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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