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minuscule

[min-uh-skyool, mi-nuhs-kyool] / ˈmɪn əˌskyul, mɪˈnʌs kyul /


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It empowers investors with even minuscule holdings to force shareholder votes on nonbinding proposals—usually on topics including corporate environmental policies, diversity initiatives, political contributions and board composition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

If photons of different energies are emitted at the same time from a distant source, even minuscule differences in their speeds could build up into measurable delays by the time they reach Earth.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

Though its circulation was as minuscule as its name suggests, it wielded outsize influence on Modernist writing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

In the final innings, Australia's run chase, Travis Head made a target of 205 look minuscule.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

In no time at all, the stiff barbs of his minuscule feathers broke through their pale blue quillskins, and Pacheco found himself feeding a greedy, plump fluffball instead of a naked starveling.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols