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teeny

[tee-nee] / ˈti ni /


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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

“We lived a teeny tenement apartment on 29th and 2nd Avenue above the Wonderland Blues Bar,” Brooks says.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2025

"When choosing to operate her fiscal rules with such teeny tiny headroom, Ms Reeves would have known that run-of-the-mill forecast changes could easily blow her off course," Ms Miller added.

From BBC Oct. 15, 2025

See, there’s this teeny, tiny voice that’s made my thoughts its home for a while now.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

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

Well, he looks splendid in his tux, and takes more bullets than seems proper, and every now and then gives the teeniest hint that he might be having a bit of fun.

From Seattle Times Sep. 30, 2021

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

Whenever we found any place that was just the teeniest step above horrid, Leah felt it was too expensive.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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