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[tahy-nee] / ˈtaɪ ni /


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The options market can be a venue for boom or bust bets, and traders lay down tiny sums that can pay out enormously if their bets prove correct.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Liechtenstein is a tiny, doubly-landlocked country tucked away between Switzerland and Austria, whose ruler enjoys sweeping political powers, unlike many of his counterparts in Europe.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

“I’m a regular person, like you,” Hal says, gazing directly through the fourth wall at the tiny people he assumes are worshipping him from afar.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

A newly released sequence of images shows Earth as a tiny point of light while Phobos, the larger of Mars' two moons, moves across the sky and passes directly in front of it.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

There was definitely writing there—but so tiny I had to climb again onto the cot and hold the paper close to the shaded bulb.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

These ultrathin materials, made from just one or a few atomic layers, have been viewed as promising candidates for building even tinier electronic devices.

From Science Daily May 9, 2026

“Institutional investors are a tiny share of the market, and a tinier share of the total U.S. housing market. There is not good enough evidence that institutional investors drive up home prices,” he added.

From MarketWatch Jan. 7, 2026

The bigger issue is that U.S. automakers have tried tinier cars before, and they didn’t take off.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 13, 2025

According to Wepiha, the Oceania panel judge also known as Rush, Gunn's victory in qualifying reflects the size of the “tiny” breaking scene in Australia, and the even tinier public and government support for it.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2024

Then, in the late 1890s, two Germans, Friedrich Löffler and Paul Frosch, discovered other disease-causing organisms even tinier than bacteria, called viruses.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

So we should welcome whatever tip or trick can make the tiniest difference.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Lacunar stroke develops when the brain's tiniest blood vessels are damaged by a condition known as small vessel disease.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

But the tiniest silver lining of the path he’s taken means I have one more thing to help navigate accepting my voice: an example of what happens when someone retreats into fear and shame.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2026

Contesting the use of military force by the U.S. and other powers such as Russia is proving even more difficult for the Vatican, one of the world’s tiniest states.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 21, 2026

When an atom that is part of a molecule loses an electron, it lets go of the other atoms, breaking the molecule apart and destroying our tiniest building blocks.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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