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slight

[slahyt] / slaɪt /






Example Sentences

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The slightest hope the book might somehow be a wishing genie vanished.

From Literature

One of the most critical retail bellwethers, restaurants, saw a slight decline in sales in December.

From MarketWatch

He also said Medicare enrollment heading into 2026 is reflecting a slight decline, also similar to what the company projected.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another example is interoception, by which we sense changes in our own bodies such as a slight increase in our heart rate and hunger.

From Science Daily

In 2025, their data also showed a slight increase in labelling fraud, such as olive oil labelled falsely as being extra virgin, or non-organic crops marked as organic.

From BBC