minor

Example Sentences

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A minor misstep or bout of ill-preparation comes with dire consequences, from the slightest of ankle sprains to bygone absent frostbitten fingers.

From Los Angeles Times

Bentley-Smith said that CSU wanted a flexible approach to debt collection and that campuses had started eliminating registration holds for minor debts such as parking tickets and lost library books.

From Los Angeles Times

Some more minor factors are also at play: rising U.S. production costs largely due to heightened immigration enforcement and curtailed labor supply, higher export logistics costs, and more climate-related yield variability.

From Barron's

Proposals like these would essentially end anonymous browsing online, and it wouldn’t just end it for minors.

From Salon

All of that was minor compared with the feat of getting to his parents’ in Texas for Thanksgiving.

From The Wall Street Journal