as in tiny
very small in size
public health officials have claimed that the chemical is harmless in such minuscule amounts
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Recent Examples of minuscule
Microplastics are minuscule particles— less than five millimeters in size—that originate from the disintegration of plastic products.
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Simmone Shah, Time, 7 May 2026
Just a straight punch to the gut of whatever minuscule chance the Luka Dončić-less Lakers had to shock the basketball world in this Western Conference semifinal series.
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Laptops at this price range are as basic as can be, maybe not in features or software, but in hardware and specs, with minuscule amounts of RAM and weak, underpowered processors.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Those figures, combined with much more existential climate crises like extreme weather, pollution and food insecurity, make eliminating a tour’s worth of plastic feel minuscule.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
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Simmone Shah, Time, 7 May 2026
Just a straight punch to the gut of whatever minuscule chance the Luka Dončić-less Lakers had to shock the basketball world in this Western Conference semifinal series.
—Sam Amick, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Laptops at this price range are as basic as can be, maybe not in features or software, but in hardware and specs, with minuscule amounts of RAM and weak, underpowered processors.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Those figures, combined with much more existential climate crises like extreme weather, pollution and food insecurity, make eliminating a tour’s worth of plastic feel minuscule.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for minuscule
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minuscule
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Despite their tiny size, the devices delivered some of the strongest efficiencies reported for ultrathin perovskite solar technology.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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The kibble is smaller and meant for tiny mouths.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
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Given these past successes, a group of Chinese researchers decided to use microscopic samples of Homo erectus teeth from three sites in China, each dating to about 400,000 years ago.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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Those eggs are microscopic and hatch quickly, and no amount of surface washing can reliably reach what may have burrowed inside.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
13 May 2026
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“Minuscule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minuscule. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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