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[tahy-nee] / ˈtaɪ ni /


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There's a ripple of laughter during We Can't Be Friends, meanwhile, when a tiny cluster of the audience screams over the "silence challenge", external that's become a meme during the tour's American leg.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The options market can be a venue for boom or bust bets, and traders lay down tiny sums that can pay out enormously if their bets prove correct.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Against problems of that scale, a $10 student planner is a tiny expense.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Operating under ultracold quantum conditions, the engine was able to use the tiny amount of available heat to repeatedly produce positive work.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

And this, apparently, was what Hesterfowl was inspecting, stopping every so often to peer with a beady eye into a tiny blue vortex.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

These ultrathin materials, made from just one or a few atomic layers, have been viewed as promising candidates for building even tinier electronic devices.

From Science Daily May 9, 2026

“Institutional investors are a tiny share of the market, and a tinier share of the total U.S. housing market. There is not good enough evidence that institutional investors drive up home prices,” he added.

From MarketWatch Jan. 7, 2026

The bigger issue is that U.S. automakers have tried tinier cars before, and they didn’t take off.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 13, 2025

They can walk, hover and the males can even sing love songs to woo mates - all this with a brain that's tinier than a pinhead.

From BBC Dec. 28, 2024

Other than that, all I have is a tiny microphone and an even tinier earpiece.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

Diamond Light Source - a giant machine, half a kilometre around, that produces X-rays far brighter than the Sun to see the tiniest building blocks of matter.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Lacunar stroke develops when the brain's tiniest blood vessels are damaged by a condition known as small vessel disease.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

“It’s vibrating all night, trying to get air across both me and my wife with the tiniest fan you’ve ever seen,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The Slate truck is shorter than a Toyota Corolla, making it the tiniest pickup in America by a long shot.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

“Yes, restoring that which was once lost. You have done your part, my tiniest of butterflies,” Tonantzin said, turning to me.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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