smallish
Example Sentences
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Where others in the segment are biggish, it is smallish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
The company’s smallish software business operates at close to breakeven and the Bitcoin holdings yield nothing.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
His smallish 5-foot-9, 170-pound frame clearly belies his stature.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2024
She’s one of the best features in a smallish role in “Migration” and she’s an artful scene-stealer in “Panda 4.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024
The Shearwater was a smallish ship whose captain surely knew these waters well enough to manage on his own.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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