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as in titular
being something in name or form only
he was the nominal head of state—everyone knew the country was actually run by one of his advisers
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2
as in slight
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
when you pay $400 for an airline ticket, a ticketing fee of five dollars seems nominal
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Recent Examples of nominal
Ralph Tuttle,
Outdoor Life,
25 June 2026
Still, that price is sure to be a disappointment to a percentage of the 180,000-strong reservation holders who plunked down a nominal $50 deposit based on the initial $20K target.
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New Atlas,
24 June 2026
The Tyumen refinery, one of the country's most modern and complex, has a nominal capacity of around 8 million metric tons per year.
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Ron Popeski,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
Self-park options are available for overnight guests for a nominal fee, and the hotel is dog-friendly (no additional fee).
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2026
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Adjective
Competent guides are available at a nominal fee, and the bite for a nonresident fishing license is only $5.
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Ralph Tuttle,
Outdoor Life,
25 June 2026
Still, that price is sure to be a disappointment to a percentage of the 180,000-strong reservation holders who plunked down a nominal $50 deposit based on the initial $20K target.
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New Atlas,
24 June 2026
The Tyumen refinery, one of the country's most modern and complex, has a nominal capacity of around 8 million metric tons per year.
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Ron Popeski,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
Self-park options are available for overnight guests for a nominal fee, and the hotel is dog-friendly (no additional fee).
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2026
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Created by Laura Kittrell, Elle stars Lexi Minetree as the titular future Harvard law student Elle Woods, following her struggle to fit in as a high school student in Seattle.
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The weight of the titular role has not gone unnoticed to Minetree either.
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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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First Acts: From the symbolic to the substantive, here is a look at what nine new governors elected last year have done in their first weeks in office.
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With his substantive, agreeably granular bass, David Grogan gave prophetic warnings real authority.
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Many Americans have long accepted that a small fraction of their tax dollars should help keep vulnerable people alive overseas, particularly when the cost to them is negligible.
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She is classified at the BOP’s lowest institutional risk levels and her PATTERN Score, a measure of risk for violence or reoffending, is negligible.
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Even tiny electromagnetic disturbances can disrupt the quantum states that perform calculations, reducing the accuracy and reliability of the system.
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What Uranus will look like Uranus should resemble a tiny greenish star and will appear only about 1/63 as bright as Mars.
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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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“Nominal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nominal. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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