as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
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The four words were first spoken here on a bright spring afternoon at Camelback Ranch, my astonished syllables joining similar tones of amazement floating from every corner of a crowded press box.
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Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
My hack for Maya is to add one or two syllables to a word everyone knows how to say.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
Every single syllable, her emotional vocals capture the pain and culture, but her messages of resilience, of hope and light are a pathway towards healing.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2024
Nowadays when a name or title is very long, Koreans will often shorten it by stringing just the first syllables together.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
My hack for Maya is to add one or two syllables to a word everyone knows how to say.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
Every single syllable, her emotional vocals capture the pain and culture, but her messages of resilience, of hope and light are a pathway towards healing.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2024
Nowadays when a name or title is very long, Koreans will often shorten it by stringing just the first syllables together.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Shortly thereafter, Facebook changed its name to Meta and sank $45 billion into its vision of a digital universe that most people just don’t seem to give much of a damn about.Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
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But the rate at which people are ditching cable suggests that carriage fees won’t be worth a tinker’s damn by the time the looming batch of NBA deals expires.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 July 2024
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One lucky family got a hoot of a tree topper this Christmas!Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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The comments are a hoot FBI text message warning: What to know about keeping your information safe The use of AI in higher education has received pushback from some due to concerns surrounding academic integrity and privacy.Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Trust me on this one, from personal experience: Good luck getting an Uber driver who speaks a lick of English at Miami International Airport.David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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Get in your last licks Once the bars close at 1 a.m., Provincetown quickly goes dark.Brett Sokol, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2024
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The last-minute Annie Oakley act does not alter that one whit.The Editors, National Review, 30 Sep. 2024
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The same wellness warriors who fret about microplastics seem not to care one whit about the breakdown of medical aesthetics.Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 23 July 2024
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Kapadia also profiles a handful of female journalists, who, alongside the film’s array of villains, emerge as spirited heroes offering an iota of hope to counter the feeling of impending doom.Natalia Winkelman, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Campervan Co squeezes in a sleek, covert kitchen pod, fully adjustable three-seat bench/bed and dining area, without losing an iota of everyday driving capability.New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Syllable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllable. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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