: the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit
what some people will do for a whit of publicity—
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Patrick QuinnExamples of whit in a Sentence
I care not a whit about what other people think.
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After 40 minutes, his energy hasn’t flagged a whit.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 July 2025
Nevertheless, the basic design of commercial nuclear power reactors has changed not a whit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2010
The most memorable offerings didn’t care a whit about product-testing strategies.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Vie comes on the heels of Doja’s 2023 album Scarlet, whit hit No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
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Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 July 2025
Nevertheless, the basic design of commercial nuclear power reactors has changed not a whit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2010
The most memorable offerings didn’t care a whit about product-testing strategies.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Vie comes on the heels of Doja’s 2023 album Scarlet, whit hit No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for whit
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“Whit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whit. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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