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teensy

[teen-see] / ˈtin si /


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But without S&P 500 index-fund demand, the stock price doesn’t go up a teensy bit every time people in those funds make a retirement contribution.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

A teensy stretch of trading weakness this year—a pause in rip-roaring gains, really—has left the valuation looking ordinary, despite a profit outlook that has no equal in history.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

Beguiled by photos of teensy piglets, she chose the runt of the litter—a tiny, shivering nugget for $350.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

All that said, though, it’s hard not to feel a teensy bit bad for Philly fans after what they endured Thursday night.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 10, 2025

Akira had a teensy, squeaky voice—sometimes Hanako thought he sounded like he would fit in your hand.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

This was simulated sediment, imported from France and composed of exactingly milled plastic pellets—teensy, half-millimetre-wide pellets for large grains of sand and even teensier ones to represent finer particles.

From The New Yorker Mar. 25, 2019

The animals, which grow to barely over an inch long, are even teensier when born.

From Washington Post Mar. 1, 2019

The existence of theoretical lane violations is the teensiest gripe in a flea circus of grievances.

From Slate Apr. 29, 2018

“I am the teensiest bit disappointed that my first — but surely not last — visit did not yield a Hawaiian Punch, but maybe if I ask verrrry nicely next time I will get it.”

From Seattle Times Jan. 19, 2018

So if you will indulge me just the teensiest bit more, I propose to reproduce some of my diaries from 1993 to pad out the book.

From The Guardian Oct. 12, 2014

Nothing, from the set design to the wardrobe choices to the teensiest snatches of dialogue, is unplanned or unconsidered.

From Slate Apr. 10, 2014

It didn’t change their minds even the teensiest bit, though.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy




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