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Recent Examples of least
Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
At least one as young as 19 years old, according to sources.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
August Brown, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
As of now, the Power 5 league least likely to be represented in the playoff is the Pac-12, whose teams have steadily beaten each other; only one of its teams is ranked in The A.P.’s top 15.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
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Adjective
These people would not all be Gazans, whom Trump suggested should be resettled elsewhere, at least temporarily.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
At least one as young as 19 years old, according to sources.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
Women nominated for Grammy Awards, for instance, were most likely to be recognized for best new artist or song of the year and least likely to be up for producer of the year.
—August Brown, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
As of now, the Power 5 league least likely to be represented in the playoff is the Pac-12, whose teams have steadily beaten each other; only one of its teams is ranked in The A.P.’s top 15.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for least
Noun
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The owner, knowing that his establishment is at capacity and taking into consideration the troublesome nobodies who are seeking entry, brusquely sends them away.—
Andy Biggs,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year’s Eve 1999.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
15 Dec. 2024
Noun
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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The company, whose search engine is not available in China, has minimal operations in the country.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
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The production by British post-punk veteran Nick Launay helps this minimal song compel your attention as the band keeps playing.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Like how many zeroes are in his chances to score 20 goals against Tampa Bay?—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
2 Feb. 2025
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There are no playoffs or Super Bowl for the 49ers this year, with their news cycle dominated instead by conjecture over how many zeroes to put at the end of a contract extension for the quarterback who fell into their lap in 2022.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Most investigators have declined to discuss the case at all in the years since the mother of three sustained a gunshot wound to the head in her bedroom, mere hours after celebrating her 32nd birthday with her husband and children.—
Jason Pohl,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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At the mere mention of Bryant, player began to grin, tossing around buzz words like Mamba Mentality, the way in which the five-time NBA champion described his intense mindset, as well as his love for women’s sports.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Lice are parasitic insects that spread through close contact and require prompt treatment with medicated shampoos.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
2 Feb. 2025
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Check previous plant additions for mites and insects.—
Tom MacCubbin,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Pressed on one side by hard-liners and on the other by opponents of the Islamic Republic, the regime’s centrists and reformists had become political nonentities.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2025
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At the time the house was a nonentity, the models dull, the clients wealthy women who did not dress in the latest styles.—
Hamish Bowles,
Vogue,
17 Sep. 2024
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“Least.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/least. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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