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teeny

[tee-nee] / ˈti ni /


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The biggest stocks are mostly the easiest to sell, while teeny stocks are often hard to get out of.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Each pack comes with four teeny and tiny apple pies that are made exclusively for TJ’s in Canada using Northern Spy apples.

From Salon Nov. 26, 2025

"When choosing to operate her fiscal rules with such teeny tiny headroom, Ms Reeves would have known that run-of-the-mill forecast changes could easily blow her off course," Ms Miller added.

From BBC Oct. 15, 2025

That’s a rich, complex habitat for a teeny baby crab.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2025

They aren’t just bad parents who were ashamed of their daughter for a teeny, tiny sin.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

The country’s dozens of teenier, tinier gambling operators face their own huge challenges in finding oxygen.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2024

Some are teenier than standard business cards, others much bigger, and many come in bright colors that seem anything but stodgy.

From Time Magazine Archive

“My friend was working at the LA Weekly, and he put out the teeniest little blurb. All these people showed up who weren’t in our film club. It was such a moment.”

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

Well, he looks splendid in his tux, and takes more bullets than seems proper, and every now and then gives the teeniest hint that he might be having a bit of fun.

From Seattle Times Sep. 30, 2021

So I have an oil — May11 Hair Oil — and I put on the teeniest amount.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2021

If you watch Cuties, you won’t see even the teeniest tiniest glimpse of any of the stuff on that list.

From Slate Oct. 9, 2020

Whenever we found any place that was just the teeniest step above horrid, Leah felt it was too expensive.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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