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The phrase "a minuscule speck of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is extremely small or insignificant in size or importance.
Example: "In the vast universe, our planet is just a minuscule speck of dust floating in the cosmos."
Alternatives: "a tiny fragment of" or "a microscopic particle of".
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To guess the cover of James Hilton's "Good-bye, Mr. Chips" from a minuscule speck of brown requires some serious book (cover) learnin'.
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I would extend this assertion to most of the internet (although, of course, there are corners of this world wide web where the creepy line is but a minuscule speck in the rearview mirror).
Big Bang theory posits that the entire universe at its inception was but a minuscule speck.
Isolating the first minuscule specks of radium, Marie Curie, the greatest of the pioneers (1 curie = 37 gigabecquerels), marveled that its eerie blue glow "looked like faint, fairy lights".
Mix a little and then add a speck of chaat masala to it.
We spot a sow bug, resembling a speck of dirt on a gray rock.
In relation to the time and space of the universe, what a speck of a speck of a speck times a trillion and more each human being actually is.
"They represent a minuscule percentage of officers," he said.
"It was a minuscule number of people at the time.
"The students are such a minuscule portion of this program".
Tourism accounts for a minuscule portion of the national economy.
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