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minuscule

[min-uh-skyool, mi-nuhs-kyool] / ˈmɪn əˌskjul, mɪˈnʌs kjul /


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"The field is expected to supply only a minuscule share of UK gas demand for a limited period," said Jess Ralston, analyst at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, a non-profit research group.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Gazza's baggy Roman shellsuit, John Charles plundering black-and-white goals in Turin, King Kev's floodlit perm dazzling Volksparkstadion terraces, Glenn Hoddle's minuscule Monegasque shorts.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He threaded passes into minuscule gaps in Ohio State’s zone defense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

“Heretic” was underbaked and half-thought, while “Companion” tried to create big laughs and bigger action from minuscule ideas.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Which portion of my mind, of my memory, had I lost to a minuscule stroke while I was asleep?

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Where minuscules are used, the writing is not quite so legible as in the larger hands, but we are not met by the singular difficulties of some of the Lombardic texts.

From Illuminated Manuscripts by John William Bradley

Written in very regular, bold Italian minuscules of the period of the Renaissance.

From Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University by Addison Van Name

Mark, and John, in small Caroline minuscules, but with a large capital at the beginning of St. Mark and interlaced ornamentation.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

The first book wholly printed in Greek minuscules was Lascaris' Grammar at Milan in 1476.

From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh

These agree in the main, but differ for the more recently discovered minuscules.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various


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