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teeny

[tee-nee] / ˈti ni /


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“Typically with karaoke, the sound is kind of teeny, there’s not a lot of bass and the vocal is super hot and sitting on top too much,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 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

"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

That’s a rich, complex habitat for a teeny baby crab.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

My eyes scan the plastic flowers near the sink, the faded wallpaper that Tía keeps telling her to take down, the wall clock shaped like a stopwatch, the teeny ants zigzagging near the leaky faucet.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina




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