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Recent Examples of least
Adjective
But the Visual Intelligence that could eventually make its way to Apple Watch might be far different from what's available today, at least under the hood. Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 23 Mar. 2025 At least the competition between its drivers will keep things very, very interesting. Luke Smith, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 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 See All Example Sentences for least
Recent Examples of Synonyms for least
Noun
  • 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
  • Those free passes were a frequent abuse of the law in the past, and low-profile corporate nobodies got away with them for years.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • This can manifest in poor financial behaviors like excessive credit card debt, minimal savings, or impulsive investment decisions.
    Shane Enete, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Trying to cool heads, Corbet released a statement further explaining how the AI tool was used and its minimal effect on the overall film.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Audio gear using vacuum-tubes continues to attract music lovers in much the same way that an LP spun on a turntable can seem more alive, fleshed out, simply real compared to digital’s ones and zeros.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
  • If that number was rounded off to nine quintillion, that’s nine followed by 18 zeroes.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Non-Verbal Essence Of Communication Communication extends beyond mere words.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Speaking of Barbie, you might be tempted to dismiss the Hot Dish as a mere object of beauty.
    Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Plants produce lovely blue flowers (or white in some varieties) that attract pollinators and other beneficial insects.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Alternatively, the frogs may have been drawn to the site by insects that thrived on the crops being processed there.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 7 Apr. 2025.

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