negligible
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However, Swanson says that swapping those for recycled materials outputs a relatively negligible difference in emissions impact, largely due to the process behind producing them.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Gallrein has been a negligible presence on the campaign trail.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
Such alternatives would only add about a negligible 20 nautical miles to journeys that sometimes exceed 10,000 nautical miles.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Despite this, the impact of a U.S. pullout would be “mainly relevant locally but negligible at the national level,” said Moritz Schularick, president of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Thus it is important to see that when we hail Theodoric as an important scientist our judgement is essentially anachronistic: he did not seem important to his contemporaries or successors, and his influence is negligible.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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