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  • noun Plural form of iota.

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Examples

  • And of course, every time that happens, we move the entire Congress a couple of iotas in the direction of the American people.

    Mike Stark: The Most Important Story of the Year 2009

  • 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

  • Every human interaction creates iotas of drama, and this becomes the black matter that pushes members of a guild inevitably apart.

    Endgame: Bandwidth 2006

  • 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

  • Er, if that doesn't come out right, it's acute accents on both iotas.

    languagehat.com: A PLATE OF GREEK. 2005

  • So there was a scintilla, or perhaps even two iotas, of hope for her.

    The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992

  • So there was a scintilla, or perhaps even two iotas, of hope for her.

    The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992

  • "Nor wiles nor logic nor rages could move him iotas from his set course, when honor was involved."

    Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981

  • 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

  • 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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