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- noun Plural form of
iota .
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Examples
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And of course, every time that happens, we move the entire Congress a couple of iotas in the direction of the American people.
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Should we waste 325 billion in tax dollars on a pie-in-the-sky plan that won't alter climatic conditions even one iota okay, two iotas?
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
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Every human interaction creates iotas of drama, and this becomes the black matter that pushes members of a guild inevitably apart.
Endgame: Bandwidth 2006
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Should we waste 325 billion in tax dollars on a pie-in-the-sky plan that won't alter climatic conditions even one iota okay, two iotas?
From On High 2006
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Er, if that doesn't come out right, it's acute accents on both iotas.
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So there was a scintilla, or perhaps even two iotas, of hope for her.
The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992
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So there was a scintilla, or perhaps even two iotas, of hope for her.
The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992
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"Nor wiles nor logic nor rages could move him iotas from his set course, when honor was involved."
Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981
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Take, for example, the word Dii Philos; in order to convert this from a sentence into a noun, we omit one of the iotas and sound the middle syllable grave instead of acute; as, on the other hand, letters are sometimes inserted in words instead of being omitted, and the acute takes the place of the grave.
The CRATYLUS Plato 1975
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Mr. Tompsett-King deprecated all dottings of iotas; when Philippa stormed at society he hummed a sad little tune.
Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Maurice Hewlett 1892
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