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How to use the word slightly in a Sentence?

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I used to think that people were slightly stupid, but my perspective changed after the advent of social networking sites.

– Sir. Barron Qasem II

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I used to think that people were slightly stupid, but my perspective changed after the advent of social networking sites.

– Sir. Barron Qasem II

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1 month ago

A subtle but effective way of encouraging an irregular voter is by slightly altering your vocabulary when you ask questions. For reasons that are unclear, people’s internal identity is only loosely connected to their actions—until they’re reminded of the discrepancy between the two. Use that to your advantage by emphasizing the identity of being a voter rather than the act of voting.

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

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10 months ago

A subtle but effective way of encouraging an irregular voter is by slightly altering your vocabulary when you ask questions. For reasons that are unclear, people’s internal identity is only loosely connected to their actions—until they’re reminded of the discrepancy between the two. Use that to your advantage by emphasizing the identity of being a voter rather than the act of voting.

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
10 months ago

The authors highlight that age 50 can be a little late, we are in agreement with that, particularly for women who may be at slightly higher risk.

– Arif Kamal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you look at all the forecasts at the moment, it’s all positive, it’s been slightly downgraded, but overall, we have a recovery.

– Christine Lagarde

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We anticipate that the 2023 Atlantic basin hurricane season will have slightly below-average activity, current neutral ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) conditions look fairly likely to transition to El Niño this summer/fall. However, there is considerable uncertainty as to how strong an El Niño would be, if it does develop.

– Phil Klotzbach

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Potential buyers continue to face elevated mortgage rates and home prices, making buying less accessible than a year ago, however, home prices continue to show signs of softening, a welcomed development for buyers. This week’s rate also creates an opportunity for potential buyers to dive in while rates are slightly lower. Pent-up housing demand is evident with every gain in affordability, whether it be softening prices or lower mortgage rates.

– Hannah Jones

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Each downward tick in mortgage rates is met with increased buyer demand, as many eager home shoppers take advantage of the slightly lower cost of financing a home, home shoppers are looking to find the optimal combination of prices and mortgage rates before entering the market.

– Hannah Jones

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I find it very, very surprising, antisemitism has always been there, it’s either been just around the corner and slightly out of sight but always lurking, or it has been much more overt like in Germany in the ’30s. But not since Germany in the ‘30s have I witnessed antisemitism no longer lurking, but standing proud with hands on hips like Hitler and Mussolini, kind of daring us to defy it. I’ve never experienced this in my entire life, especially in this country.

– Steven Spielberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

New listings were at the lowest level in the last six years in January as sellers stayed on the sidelines, waiting to see buyers return, before placing their homes for sale, however, the first month of the year brought glimmers of hope as year-over-year declines in both existing and new home sales slowed, and buyer sentiment improved slightly.

– Hannah Jones

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That’s because investors are ever so slightly more worried that those are not going to be made on time, i expect that those patterns will likely grow if we get closer without any resolution. And those are direct costs to taxpayers over time because those are interest costs that the United States has to pay.

– Shai Akabas

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My anthem includes words slightly adapted from Psalm 98. I have scored it for the Westminster Abbey choir and organ, the ceremonial brass and orchestra, i hope my anthem reflects this joyful occasion.

– Andrew Lloyd Webber

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In the past two or three years, it’s gotten slightly better, and I hesitate to even say ‘ slightly, ’ because I do n’t want to give the airline’s too much credit.

– Renee Bruns Bruns

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In many cases, they’re really just hatchbacks and station wagons with, you know, slightly better marketing.

– Chris Harto

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Freddie Mac fixed rate for a 30-year loan rebounded slightly this week, following the trajectory of the 10-year Treasury.

– Jiayi Xu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When we’re doing it (irradiating) inside human hands, there’s definitely a difference, most of the UV irradiation is absorbed by the top layer of the skin. When you irradiate cells in the petri dish directly, that’s slightly different. You don’t have any protection from the skin, from corneocytes or the top layers. It’s also very direct UVA irradiation.

– Julie Russak

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In our company, we had more than 100 assault rifles, but only slightly more than a dozen could be used for shooting practices.

– Frank Liu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

However, in the past three months, Oregon has been slightly drier than normal and California has been slightly wetter than normal( the opposite of what is expected).

– Marybeth Arcodia

Found on CNN
1 year ago

But today if a police officer says something that’s slightly out of line it’s like the end of his life, the end of his pension, the end of his family, we can’t do that. We have to give the police back their authority and their power and their respect. Because this country is out of control.

– Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Spend 30 minutes being breathless at whatever pace you're at, and then keep challenging yourself to be slightly unsatisfied at your current level so you can get better and better.

– Andrew Freeman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Today, Goldman Sachs an analysis that said the net impact of the debt forgiveness and resuming student loan payments is likely to be very modest, but it will be slightly disinflationary, so it will bring down inflation.

– Cindy Axne

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I think it's going to be very tight, i think when this Senate race smoke clears, we're likely to have a very, very close Senate still, with us up slightly or the Democrats up slightly.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Alert people must have noted that stock market goes up slightly for 2 days and the 3 rd day it suddenly opens in way deeper in red and takes further lower low. Example NMDC share and all others. The symptom is clear that it is going to be on downward slope till end of Oct 2022 as its down journey started in Oct 2021

– Lakshheish M Patel

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1 year ago

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