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teeny

[tee-nee] / ˈti ni /


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“He had a teeny tiny part — one line in Superman — but boy did he make a meal out of that,” Sanchez joked.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

The biggest stocks are mostly the easiest to sell, while teeny stocks are often hard to get out of.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Alongside teeny tiny avocados, customers couldn’t get enough of TJ’s Gone Bananas!,

From Salon Jan. 28, 2026

Researchers at the University of New Mexico analyzed samples of brain tissue from dead people, and found they contained a truly alarming amount of teeny tiny shards and flakes of polyethylene, and other polymers.

From Slate Jan. 14, 2026

Some of the women had newborn babies too, teeny fawn-colored frowning things, which the mothers wrap up in great big bundles of cloths and blankets and even little woolly caps, in all this heat!

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The country’s dozens of teenier, tinier gambling operators face their own huge challenges in finding oxygen.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2024

Some are teenier than standard business cards, others much bigger, and many come in bright colors that seem anything but stodgy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Howey’s TV son, Diesel La Torraca, added, “Our teeniest tiniest lil peach is HERE!!!! Love you Momma well done!!!”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2023

The empanadas were not only still steaming hot, they were so crunchy and crispy on the outside I might have audibly gasped just the teeniest bit.

From Seattle Times Jun. 7, 2023

So I have an oil — May11 Hair Oil — and I put on the teeniest amount.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2021

If you watch Cuties, you won’t see even the teeniest tiniest glimpse of any of the stuff on that list.

From Slate Oct. 9, 2020

Beside her sat a giant Pepsi, and the teeniest, tiniest baby with the biggest, squishiest cheeks.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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