minuscule
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But the DSA’s total official membership remains at around 100,000: formidable, but a minuscule percentage of the population compared to the two major parties.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Still, the game’s result seemed minuscule when stacked against Alfonso’s personal tragedy and the earthquake’s destruction in Venezuela.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
A Welsh Labour source close to the UK government described the cut as "minuscule" on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Ms. Butterly accomplishes the feat of making “ceramics” become “sculpture” without the usual method of constructing giant jars with impossibly minuscule openings and jazzily geometric surface decoration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Not in the heart of the minuscule town, nor in the surrounding fields, nor in the area around Jot: Mondragon’s house, nor around the lawyer’s home either.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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Written in regular Italian minuscules of the 15th century, formed on the models of the 11th and 12th centuries.
From Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University by Van Name, Addison
It must be remembered that the dating of the MSS., especially of minuscules, is by no means certain: Greek Palaeography is a difficult subject, and not all the MSS. have been investigated by competent palaeographers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
Where minuscules are used, the writing is not quite so legible as in the larger hands, but we are not met by the singular difficulties of some of the Lombardic texts.
From Illuminated Manuscripts by Bradley, John William
The rest of the N. T. is only found in codices of the whole Bible, which are rare and always written in minuscules, never in uncials as are the Gospels.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
The letters shown in 182 are fairly typical of the characteristic Blackletter minuscules of Italy.
From Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples by Brown, Frank Chouteau
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