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Teens can then manage small amounts for specific spending categories, such as back-to-school clothes.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Musk doesn’t just control SpaceX, but also owns its subsidiary Starlink, the world’s largest satellite company, which boasts constellations of 10,000 small satellites and counting.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

“That’s not what we’re looking for. We need small, midsize SUVs, maybe a sedan, something that we can pump out to people who want them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

A collection of small, wall-mounted sculptures, he combined fragments of found and recycled steel and welded them into forms of chains, sharp tools, barbed wire and other metal objects.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

This year she brought me along, so I could get to know the town before I start at the Mount, the Native boarding school for kids from villages too small to have a high school.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith