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• n  a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

• So why give him oxygen? This is that rarest of moments: Obama showing a smidgeon of public pique.
• This is that rarest of moments: Obama showing a smidgeon of public pique.
• I have slightly--well, a microscopic smidgeon--more sympathy for the gotcha-moderators from ABC than Tom Shales does.

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News & Articles

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• Heat's Big Three never bigger
  The rebound went to Chris Bosh, who passed to LeBron James, who then passed to Dwyane Wade loping down the lane and dunking the last smidgeon of San Antonio hope, all of it, Thursday night.        
  June 14, 2013 - Sun-Sentinel
• Heat's Big Three have never played bigger | Video
  SAN ANTONIO – The rebound went to Chris Bosh, who passed to LeBron James, who then passed to Dwyane Wade, who was loping down the lane and dunking the last smidgeon of San Antonio hope, all of it, Thursday night.        
  June 14, 2013 - Sun-Sentinel

Quotes

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• Dana Carvey in Santa Rosa Press Democrat
  When it comes to politics, "I'm a radical moderate," Carvey says. "A social liberal fiscal conservative with a smidgeon of Karl Marx and a dollop of Ron Paul."
• Joe Klein in USA Today
  Time's Joe Klein says he has "slightly--well, a microscopic smidgeon--more sympathy for the gotcha-moderators from ABC than Tom Shales does."