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small

[smawl] / smɔl /




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We also made permanent incentives that help small businesses provide child care and paid family and medical leave, giving Main Street a leg up in recruiting and retaining talent.

From The Wall Street Journal

People lingering at night along the shorelines of a small, affluent city north of Miami have been startled lately when they look up.

From The Wall Street Journal

That is a reflection, say experts, of nuclear’s high costs, public skepticism and missed promises on new technologies such as small, factory-made reactors that can be hooked up to the grid quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ordinary matter, including stars, planets and people, accounts for only a small fraction.

From Science Daily

Yet most of that life is made up of very small organisms, raising a long-standing question about why large predators would linger there for so long.

From Science Daily