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teensy

[teen-see] / ˈtin si /


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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

She handed me a teensy, pink-and-green Lady Apple that looked like a toy and tasted like Smarties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

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

Pet stores stock many of the supplies needed to do this—but they also sell teensy enclosures that they claim your crab “will feel perfectly at home in.”

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

Ever since getting shot by those darts, Taylor had had a teensy bit of trouble organizing her thoughts.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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