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In the least active group, symptom scores increased by an estimated 0.143 points annually, indicating a slight worsening.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Many organizations came into the camps. They just came around and took some pictures and then they leave,” said Annour, a slight man with a serious countenance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Carrefour also said it expects stable to slight growth in adjusted earnings per share, more tepid than previous guidance of high single-digit growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Cox recommended he take it a day at a time, but warned the weather had "taken a slight turn".

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

When he got to her, he wrapped the coat around her shoulders and, after a slight hesitation, pulled her to him and rubbed his hands up and down her arms.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Berry revisits perceived slights by NYRB’s management over the years, and he overstates Mr. Klinkenborg’s reservations about his work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

But Diarra’s tendency to fixate on small details and slights eventually cracked the case.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

This helps explain why he can’t disregard her criticism the way any normal person might shrug off slights from someone they don’t respect.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

"An overwhelming picture has emerged of your rage, anger, and volatility", said the judge, adding that George had a "pronounced temper" which could be sparked by trivial matters and "perceived slights".

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

Lewis Strauss’s sensitivity to slights, real and perceived, was exquisite.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Whoever was appointed into such a high profile post would have faced scrutiny and Jason Arday had a slighter research track record than some others in the field.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

As the storylines have become more current, they have, perhaps inevitably, become both slighter and messier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

His most dramatic liberties were reined in; tempo fluctuations became slighter.

From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

Wu showcases a knack for mining meaning out of the slighter essays, about her teenage job at a quaint bakery, for example, or her idiosyncratic affection for bunnies.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022

They are both medium height—around five feet seven—but Vincent is broader, bigger; Theo slighter, thinner.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

St. Clair simply calls him a “nuke,” one that might readily self-detonate at the slightest bruising of his self-image.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Just even the slightest performance advantage means quite a bit to them,” said Lindsey Naber, senior director of Rawlings partnership marketing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

When Steinbeck first introduced Cathy Ames to the public in 1952, and when Elia Kazan brought his version to the screen three years later, we were only allowed the slightest glimpse into her soul.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

"I don't feel prepared in the slightest and I don't feel safe," she added.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Dearest niece,” said my father, “dry your tears. If she is, as you believe, innocent, rely on the justice of our laws, and the activity with which I shall prevent the slightest shadow of partiality.”

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

If questions about his presence on the team have left him feeling slighted, Freeman says he’s fueled more by the adversity he has faced than by his recent success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

He also shared times that fun moments have gone sour, such as feeling slighted by a friend who profited from selling him a boat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Leaving a group trip where someone feels financially slighted can lead to conflict when you get back home.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

But throughout he repeatedly returned to the justices in ways that made clear he felt personally slighted by the decision.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

“Why didn’t you call me?” said Julian, perplexed and perhaps a little slighted, when Charles finished his story.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

While having a drink in a bar shortly after arriving in Venezuela, he carelessly made a slighting comment about Simón Bolívar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

That would be slighting those who came before him: Ozzie Newsome, Dave Casper and Keith Jackson in the day, and Tony Gonzalez, Jason Witten and Rob Gronkowski in more recent years.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

Black vultures have a massive 5 foot wing span, slighting smaller than the turkey vulture.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2022

I know that this sort of inclusive approach to pregnancy is popular, but frankly, I don't know how to phrase questions for the person who is actually carrying the child without slighting the co-parent.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021

I quit selecting certain of my New York brothers and giving them money to go and lay groundwork for new mosques in other cities—because slighting remarks were being made about “Malcolm’s ministers.”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey