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Lilliputian

[lil-i-pyoo-shuhn] / ˌlɪl ɪˈpju ʃən /


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I’m no Luddite, though I did cling to my BlackBerry, with its winning Lilliputian keyboard, surrendering reluctantly to an iPhone only when the BlackBerry became extinct.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

The visual goal, she reminded us: “It’s about being in Lilliputian land — about making your trough believable, a miniature landscape.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 9, 2023

Purdue, like Virginia, saw its plan and offense undergo a gathering disintegration as the Lilliputian opponent kept gathering mustard.

From Washington Post Mar. 17, 2023

Set largely in and around a house nestled in the woods, Sciamma’s Lilliputian tour de force is a wittily modern fairy tale and model of elegant narrative economy.

From New York Times Dec. 6, 2022

“I’m very sensitive. My feelings get hurt very easily. So you can tell the Lilliputian that I am not going to move until he apologizes.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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