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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

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

"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 blows my mind because it’s so iconic and I have a teeny, tiny little corner of that now.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

She laughed as the teeny thing attacked her toes, but tried not to move too fast so that she didn’t hurt him, this brave thing, this new thing.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby




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