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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

Those of us who watch all the major films in contention every year sometimes get a teeny tiny bit cross that not all of the people who actually vote do the same.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 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

Getting to the park required crossing perilous freeways, and it’s a teeny territory by lion standards.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

I tell Heather she should push the fashion envelope just a teeny bit to be an ironic reflection of the 1950s, you know, innocence and apple pie.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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