leasts

plural of least

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leasts
Noun
  • Yvonne and Nick’s disastrous wedding dinner is the day the cast went from nobodies to actual practitioners of the reality-television arts and sciences.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 July 2026
  • Despite the tragicomic instability and the rotating cast of nobodies temporarily tasked with running the country, when seen in macroeconomic terms, Peru appears to be doing just fine, thank you.
    Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • These stinging insects are black with yellow or white bands and are bigger than bees and yellow jackets.
    Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
  • But Dumont wanted to look beyond insects to find out know how the spindle behaves in mammalian cells like ours.
    Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • All Dickens heroes are complete nonentities who know 217 wacky people.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • That comes to the Philippines in the form of war, as well as through the invocation, or establishment, of American-style modes of government and education that place Filipinos along this racial hierarchy, identifying them as these inferiors that need to be taught how to govern themselves.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Congress’s lower chamber has always contained its share of mediocrities.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • These two 6-6 mediocrities are battling for first place in the AFC North.
    Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Jupiter, by comparison, is as much as 35 times denser than these two lightweights.
    Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • Jupiter, by comparison, is as much as 35 times denser than these two lightweights.
    Marcia Dunn, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026
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“Leasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leasts. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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