Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a vanishing manner; so as to vanish; imperceptibly: as, a certain probability is vanishingly small.
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- adverb So as to
vanish , or appear to vanish, especially very small, very rare.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb so as to disappear or approach zero
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Examples
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First, cytokine molecules, such as interferon and interleukin-2, pack an incredible punch, even in vanishingly small amounts.
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"vanishingly" - and from that concluded that I was arguing the exact opposite of what I'd stated.
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"vanishingly" - and from that concluded that I was arguing the exact opposite of what I'd stated.
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"vanishingly" - and from that concluded that I was arguing the exact opposite of what I'd stated.
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"vanishingly" - and from that concluded that I was arguing the exact opposite of what I'd stated.
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This category, though, does include that small fraction of the American population who describe themselves as either atheists or agnostics, although these labels turn out to have little common usage.24 While atheism has recently gained prominence, particularly on the bestseller lists, self-identified atheists and agnostics comprise a vanishingly small proportion of the U.S. population.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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You keep claiming that such situations are vanishingly unlikely.
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What will likely pass through reconciliation is a series of amendments to the bill that passed by regular order – a vanishingly minute procedural matter everyone will forget about two days after it happens.
Matthew Yglesias » Medicare Modernization Act Passed By Majority Rule 2010
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That is way more important than dealing with something minor as the national effect the case will have on a federal law that has never been used and is vanishingly likely to be used in the future.
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The fact is that a vanishingly small portion of the population has control over 1/3 of the wealth in this nation is a good reason to think that the system is rigged to ensure that it stays that way.
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