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minim

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noun

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Recent Examples of minim
Noun
Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Hartford Courant, courant.com, 30 Sep. 2017 Related: Here are some tricks from the CDC for de-ticking yourself: • Put your clothes in the dryer on high heat for a minim of six minutes. Valerie Lego, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minim
Adjective
  • Each eye uses a full HD micro-OLED panel with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, supplied by Sony.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Directed and written by Scott Cooper based on a book by Warren Zanes, the micro-biopic chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 acoustic album Nebraska.
    Robert Lang, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • And it's never made one iota of a difference.
    Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Take it from me: Spending an hour with Melinda French Gates will restore at least an iota of your faith in humanity.
    Katie Drummond, Wired News, 2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • At the previous World Cup in 2022, hosted by tiny Qatar, all of England’s games were in Doha or just outside that city.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Nanotubes are ultra-small cylindrical structures, so tiny that thousands could fit across the width of a human hair.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • As Orlean jots down that last bit, Laroche looks shocked—but also a little charmed.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
  • To those that have already made their mind up about migrants and Muslims, Fall’s film won’t make a jot of difference.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet despite these traits, scientists don’t fully understand how all the minuscule filaments of plastic get into our environment.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Risking his life again, the director embeds with a Ukrainian platoon attempting to retake the minuscule town of Andriivka that had been seized by Russian invaders.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The earthy quality so prized in a Cabernet Sauvignon is due to a smidge of pyrazine, a volatile molecule more commonly found in peas and bell peppers; the gasoline note of an aged Riesling comes courtesy of a compound called TDN.
    Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Of course, glory like this comes with that smidgen of imposter syndrome.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • The most infinitesimal bit of matter has a span.
    Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • And yet, what on TV is more fun than watching Carrie Coon’s Bertha Russell go steaming headlong into a ballroom full of fury and vengeance for some infinitesimal slight?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • First, pour cranberries into a trifle bowl and fill it with water.
    Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Guests tucked into slabs of soda bread with lashings of butter and chicken pot pie, washed down by flights of Baileys on ice and second helpings from a trifle cart.
    Freya Drohan, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025

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“Minim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minim. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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