slightest
Example Sentences
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"Even the slightest insights from an out-of-equilibrium physics model will guide us in the future."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
“He’s a major problem,” Green adds solemnly, before cracking the slightest smile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
As a result, fallow fields are in a "deplorable state, and at the slightest spark, the blaze spreads like wildfire" due to vegetation dried out by the heat.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
"But they haven't done any better at all, not in the slightest," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The sparrows showed no kindness or civility to one another, often fighting savagely among themselves on the slightest pretext.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
