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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

We have a teeny little garden I’m working on finally, after 15 years, actually doing something with it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

Each pack comes with four teeny and tiny apple pies that are made exclusively for TJ’s in Canada using Northern Spy apples.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 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

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

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

“The teeniest little nails. Like a doll, you wouldn’t believe it. The way she just melts into you when you hold her.”

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng


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