smallest
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The delay could saddle Paramount, the smallest of the major media companies, with substantial legal fees and hundreds of millions of dollars in added deal costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Deng and his collaborators solved a problem within broader attempts to mathematically connect equations governing the motion of gases from the smallest to the largest scales, according to the university.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Even so, it appears to be the smallest of the three known giant planets orbiting the star.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Fires eased off across the country as well, with burned areas nationwide at their smallest since 2018.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
“I never had the smallest, I assure you.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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