diminutive
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Often, these services have diminutive and friendly-sounding names.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Despite the movie’s theoretical scope, its execution is painfully and frustratingly diminutive.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
The diminutive magician scored twice, taking his goal total for the tournament to seven, before converting in the shootout as Argentina clinched a first World Cup since Diego Maradona's heroics in 1986.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Paraguay's best players include former Newcastle United forward Miguel Almiron, and diminutive young ball-running midfielder Julio Enciso, who joined French club Strasbourg from Brighton and Hove Albion last summer.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
I liked my teacher, a diminutive white lady named Mrs. Burroughs, who seemed ancient to me but was probably in her fifties.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Miden is a fictional island where “there are no longer any diminutives or pet names,” Raimo writes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2019
There is no mother’s care for the hatchlings, which will emerge as dark-toned diminutives in about 50 days, facing astronomical odds against survival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2018
I am currently houndless, but my devotion to the diminutives has not diminished.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2018
Looking back over any chart of British naming trends and you'll see there's been a mania for diminutives in the past two decades.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2013
Write and define nouns expressing diminutives of the following nouns:—
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
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