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also smidgeon
or smidgin
or smidge
as in speck
a very small amount
the maid cleaned the house until there wasn't even a smidgen of dust left
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Recent Examples of smidgen
Joe’s home life is again explored, in between (and amid) moments of professional crisis, but with a smidgen more transparency than that which kept her at arm’s length from husband Neal (Annable) and their two daughters in Season 1.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Oct. 2024
Despite the pledge made in 2013 by his successor, Shinzo Abe, to double FDI, as of 2019 the ratio was only a smidgen higher, at 4.4 percent.
—Richard Katz, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2021
There’s even a smidgen of poignance in the late going, when outright war between the two couples takes the form of a dangerously inebriated vehicular chase on curvy rural roads.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 19 July 2024
Sunday was a red-letter day for airports across the country, the TSA reported, with a record 3 million people filling the security lines — a smidgen higher than the previous record of 2.99 million, which was set on June 23.
—Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 25 Oct. 2024
Despite the pledge made in 2013 by his successor, Shinzo Abe, to double FDI, as of 2019 the ratio was only a smidgen higher, at 4.4 percent.
—Richard Katz, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2021
There’s even a smidgen of poignance in the late going, when outright war between the two couples takes the form of a dangerously inebriated vehicular chase on curvy rural roads.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 19 July 2024
Sunday was a red-letter day for airports across the country, the TSA reported, with a record 3 million people filling the security lines — a smidgen higher than the previous record of 2.99 million, which was set on June 23.
—Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
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The asking price is a speck under $15.5 million, with the listing held by Delaney Fox of Keller Williams Sun Valley Southern Idaho.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
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Murphy’s face is hidden behind the camera whose flash illuminates specks of dust that hang in the air.Carolina A. Miranda, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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And that has stoked concerns about chemical bits lingering in the final product.Erica Sloan, SELF, 13 Jan. 2025
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This is a little bit different from the ECC on DDR4, which was an extra module present on chips intended for server or commercial use.Brad Bourque, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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Enhances water clarity by efficiently filtering fine particles.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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Air purifiers that use a HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filter can help reduce fine particles indoors.Emily Mullin, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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These benefit from a sprinkling of grass seed to fill the gap.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
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But deep relaxation can even be achieved by just lying around the 82-foot-long pool surrounded by dark walls punctuated by a sprinkling of lights.Laurie Werner, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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The case against him was built on eyewitness identification; not a shred of physical or forensic evidence linked him to the scene.Dan Slepian, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
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Witness, without a shred of judgment, your thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations.Ellen Choi, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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The Padres had already been a team seen as having a shot at Sasaki’s services, and not just because of the team’s recent history of handing out major contracts and making big splashes.C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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The New York Yankees made a huge splash in free agency by signing pitcher Max Fried to a $218 million contract in December.Newsweek, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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The signature drink is Luz Margarita, a tropical margarita with passion fruit and a hint of chili.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Yet there’s a hint that the family may know Sphere and the RSN aren’t good fits.Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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And in the very center of the panel, in flat, dark country, in literal no man’s land, is a small, broken vertical line consisting of flecks of white paint.Teju Cole, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Coir, a fibrous material made from by-products of coconut husks; it is often used as a substitute for peat. Vermiculite, a fine, puffed, gold flecks mica, which helps with drainage.Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Smidgen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smidgen. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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