small size

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The small size of the MV Plancius—another Oceanwide vessel—meant that everyone onboard could get off at each site visited in the Antarctic, whose regions have strict visitation limits by size of group and frequency.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Because of their small size, the rats are not heavy enough to detonate mines, making them a safer option than humans.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

"Because of their stability and extremely small size, these vortices offer a new route to controlling magnetism at the nanoscale and provide insight into universal topological physics in two-dimensional systems."

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

The relatively small size suggested it could have been Combs or Weschler, but Berkshire doesn’t disclose which managers are behind which holdings.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

LIKES: Despite his small size, has a voracious appetite and once won a £20 bet by eating ten hot dogs in ten minutes.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti