slight
Example Sentences
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The stock market’s late-week rally continued on Friday to help lift the S&P 500 to a slight weekly gain.
From Barron's
His team's latest analyses, still to be published, suggest the mutations did give the virus a slight edge at slipping past our immunity – in the region of 5-10% more than usual.
From BBC
The general gaiety of the show doesn’t mean the photos here are slight.
Dorothy, in Ms. Benedict’s telling, feels slighted by her male colleagues in London’s Detection Club, a real-life group of British mystery writers.
Buyers are taking advantage of the slight improvement in affordability, and more would likely jump into the market if mortgage rates fall further, economists say.
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