as in slight
so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
investors disappointed by stock dividends that were decidedly de minimis
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Recent Examples of de minimis
If the de minimis exemption is removed for Canadian and Mexican imports, most Etsy sellers will be forced to pass the price increase onto their customers.
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Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 12 Feb. 2025
More than 80% of total US e-commerce shipments in 2022 were de minimis imports, according to a congressional research report.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Temu and Shein have been preparing to maintain their U.S. customer base following the end of the de minimis exemption.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2025
In 2024, about 4 million packages entered the country daily using de minimis, and at least half of them originated in China.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Feb. 2025
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Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 12 Feb. 2025
More than 80% of total US e-commerce shipments in 2022 were de minimis imports, according to a congressional research report.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Temu and Shein have been preparing to maintain their U.S. customer base following the end of the de minimis exemption.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2025
In 2024, about 4 million packages entered the country daily using de minimis, and at least half of them originated in China.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for de minimis
Adjective
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Freud’s notion of remembering, the inexact reiteration of what came before, is where creativity emerges—that slight drift from the original that lets something unlikely slip in.—
Namwali Serpell,
The New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2025
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Sugarcane honey is a concentrated form of sugarcane juice that has a slight licorice taste and a touch of bitterness.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Recommendations from the Department of Government Efficiency, which Trump says Musk heads despite another nominal administrator, led to firing tens of thousands of workers and targeted more.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
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The exposures listed on the initial holdings list do add up to more than 100%, with nominal bonds as the biggest category.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Trump sees Canada as an insignificant global player and weak neighbor, and incapable of winning a trade war with us, officials say.—
Axios,
Axios,
5 Mar. 2025
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That said, exit velocity cannot be faked, and sharing company with the likes of Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani isn’t insignificant.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But being able to distinguish when things are challenging versus straight-up unhealthy can keep you from spiraling into petty drama and sneaky backstabbing.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
3 Mar. 2025
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On the page, Serafina is an archetypical Williams heroine — a woman who feels the world too deeply and is therefore brutalized by its harsh truths and petty cruelties (e.g. Maggie the Cat, Blanche DuBois, Amanda Wingfield).—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Given this, there is no straightforward way to understand what a model is doing on an intuitive level, as from our perspective running inference on a model is nothing more than executing trillions of trivial operations such as addition and multiplication.—
Rahul Gudise,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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And figuring out that amount was not a trivial task.—
Jayson Stewart,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Mar. 2025
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“De minimis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/de%20minimis. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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