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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

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

Each of these teensy homes had been rendered by A.I. software and smoothed with an assist from more A.I. software.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

When I asked Mom about it, she admitted that yes, she and Dad had a teensy bit of technical difficulty with the van.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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