smallish
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This crew - smallish in number but sufficiently large to assault the eardrums of the management and players - are an odd bunch.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Where others in the segment are biggish, it is smallish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
A smallish example is water companies in the United Kingdom, where years of strong performance masked budding problems with pollution and customer dissatisfaction.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
McCormick finds the smallish, hook-beaked birds by listening for their distinctive calls.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
Standing in front of a smallish brick house with a yard that was probably pretty nice in the summer but was pretty bare right now.
From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt
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