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Its small size suggests it was originally used for private worship.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
There were small acts of resistance, as when the best wines in the cellar were secretly walled off from the Germans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
A jar of fruit syrup in the refrigerator is one of those small things that can make summer feel remarkably well-appointed.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
They found small but meaningful age-related differences in how the ankle and nearby muscles manage each step.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Yeah, it started out as a small passion project and just grew and grew.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Each individual gluon, including those forming the junction, therefore carries a smaller portion of the proton's total momentum.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
While it still has only a handful of commercial vineyards, along with smaller growers experimenting with wine production, the amount of land being planted with vineyards is continuing to grow.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Ford’s interest in energy storage comes as its auto business is smaller than it was a decade ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
That’s no longer true: A limited number of companies now drive most of its returns as they fuel the buildout of artificial intelligence, and an even smaller handful “chip” in the rest — pun intended.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Move the smaller crates to the back room,” Mr. Lew told me the moment he saw me.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Except understand that he’s the smallest brother in his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
That’s down 5 million bushels from the agency’s projection last month, and remains the smallest wheat crop grown in the U.S. since 1970.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
So, even if you were inclined to treat midcaps as a distinct asset class, you’d still need to know whether they are about to outperform or underperform the smallest or largest stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Optimization culture tries to tell us the opposite story: that even the smallest details matter, and that it can track and measure them for you.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
She waited until the goddess left them again before looking at Ekon, the smallest smirk touching her lips.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
