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Recent Examples of least
Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 24 May 2025
These were different times, at least for an actor looking for mainstream success.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 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
At least, that's true for Stoot, a tiny rescue that charmed TikTok.
Stoot, whose full name is Stuart Little, was brought into the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission (MADACC) as a stray.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 24 May 2025
These were different times, at least for an actor looking for mainstream success.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 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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And maybe that’s a metaphor for the way a lot of middle-class nobodies feel.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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While some men are jumping on board, the most popular of these creators—which range from nobodies doing voiceovers to far-right provocateurs like Candance Owens and Megyn Kelly—are women speaking to other women.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
14 Mar. 2025
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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But even those minimal supplies have not made it to Gaza's soup kitchens, bakeries, markets and hospitals, according to aid officials and local bakeries that were standing by to receive supplies of flour.—
Nidal al-Mughrabi,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Two days of focused writing can produce an evergreen product that continues paying dividends with minimal maintenance.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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That pitcher would preferably sign a contract without too many zeros and commas.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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That is a 1 followed by 78 zeros, which is unimaginably far into the future.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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The diffusion rule was more than just a mere export control.—
Matthew Mittelsteadt,
National Review,
26 May 2025
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That would represent a 39% drop in Apple’s 2024 total revenue of $391 billion which rose a mere 2% in 2024, according to Macrotrends.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
Noun
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The restaurant violated 15 standards, including dead insects in back dry storage area and a mattress in the dumpster area.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
23 May 2025
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And Swainson’s hawks have been known to follow behind tractors and other farm equipment to nab insects and rodents that get flushed out.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 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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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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“Least.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/least. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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