as in slight
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
investors disappointed by stock dividends that were decidedly de minimis
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Recent Examples of de minimis
The president initially signed an executive order suspending the de minimis exemption in 2025.
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Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Infrequent, low-value tickets may qualify as a de minimis benefit.
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Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
21 Mar. 2026
Higher tariffs and the end of the de minimis exemption continue to be a major cost for the company.
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Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
The de minimis situation adds a layer of consumer-visible pain that is easy to overlook amid the larger legal drama but hard for ordinary Americans to miss at checkout.
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Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for de minimis
Heath Kalb,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Infrequent, low-value tickets may qualify as a de minimis benefit.
—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
21 Mar. 2026
Higher tariffs and the end of the de minimis exemption continue to be a major cost for the company.
—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
The de minimis situation adds a layer of consumer-visible pain that is easy to overlook amid the larger legal drama but hard for ordinary Americans to miss at checkout.
—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for de minimis
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In 2024, roughly 48,800 Americans died by suicide, a slight decrease from the peak of nearly 49,500 deaths in this manner in 2022.
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Matching trousers stayed narrow through the hips before loosening down the leg into a slight flare.
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Los Angeles stretches its NL West lead to 11 games and maintains MLB’s best record as Ohtani’s star power turns Sacramento’s nominal home crowd into a roaring Dodgers road show.
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The model produces outputs within nominal parameters, but those outputs reflect market conditions that are seconds or minutes stale.
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Even with tariff turmoil swirling and adding a not-insignificant degree of confusion and instability to global trade, there have been some crucial bright spots for the textile industry over the past year, in large part because of the protections afforded by USMCA.
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With inflation now at its highest level in three years, wages softening and the potential for an interest rate hike not insignificant, flexibility and access to your funds can feel especially important.
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The killing has drawn comparisons to other instances of other Black people who lost their life in cases of accusations of petty criminal offenses, such as the murder of George Floyd.
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Some were petty — like Reese committing a foul against Clark, then jerking her head back, impersonating Clark as a flopper.
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These statements are not trivial.
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My polite reply to her email doesn't amount to anything more than a trivial note.
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“De minimis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de%20minimis. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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