Example Sentences

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They say the treatment and dilution will make the wastewater safer than international standards and its environmental impact will be negligibly small.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023

By using cash as a universal yardstick, economists intrinsically underrepresent the needs, and even the rights, of the poor, who have contributed negligibly to the climate crisis.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2021

But, says Koonin, data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show the number of significant ones has changed negligibly, and the strongest kind have become less frequent.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021

For example, at what points might the field be just that due to one ball and where does the field become negligibly small?

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

She obtained this time from a woman who accepted her lack of reference rather negligibly.

From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie