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as in small
not broad or open in views or opinions
to the Lilliputian minds of that small town any depiction of the nude, regardless of its artistry, was pornographic
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as in diminutive
of a size that is less than average
a model train carrying Lilliputian figures through a miniature landscape
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Recent Examples of Lilliputian
Yet a conflict of sorts did break out on the fringes of the Côte d’Azur in 1963 when France, which surrounds three sides of this sovereign nation of a princely one square mile, demanded that its Lilliputian neighbor accept French taxation.
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Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
Slovenia—a Lilliputian nation about the size of New Jersey but with less than a quarter of its population—has many stories to tell.
—Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
The Lilliputian sellers regularly fail to do damage when matched with the oblivious index money.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
Lo trumpets Lilliputian equipment: 1-quart pots; an immersion blender in place of a behemoth; a toaster oven in lieu of a conventional one.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 2 Aug. 2024
They’re served in Lilliputian beer steins that look like they were pulled from a doll house.
—Becky Cooper, New York Times, 7 May 2024
Photograph: Ted Stryk/NASA/SwRI/MSS Yet the relatively small hearts in Lilliputian moons like Enceladus don’t contain enough radioactive matter to keep them toasty for billions of years.
—WIRED, 24 Dec. 2023
Recent viral evening bags have been shaped like pigeons, covered in crystals and rendered useless by Lilliputian proportions.
—Aria Darcella / Photographs By F. Martin Ramin/the Wall Street Journal; Prop Styling By Sean Dooley , WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
Yet the relatively small hearts in Lilliputian moons like Enceladus don’t contain enough radioactive matter to keep them toasty for billions of years.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
Slovenia—a Lilliputian nation about the size of New Jersey but with less than a quarter of its population—has many stories to tell.
—Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
The Lilliputian sellers regularly fail to do damage when matched with the oblivious index money.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
Lo trumpets Lilliputian equipment: 1-quart pots; an immersion blender in place of a behemoth; a toaster oven in lieu of a conventional one.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 2 Aug. 2024
They’re served in Lilliputian beer steins that look like they were pulled from a doll house.
—Becky Cooper, New York Times, 7 May 2024
Photograph: Ted Stryk/NASA/SwRI/MSS Yet the relatively small hearts in Lilliputian moons like Enceladus don’t contain enough radioactive matter to keep them toasty for billions of years.
—WIRED, 24 Dec. 2023
Recent viral evening bags have been shaped like pigeons, covered in crystals and rendered useless by Lilliputian proportions.
—Aria Darcella / Photographs By F. Martin Ramin/the Wall Street Journal; Prop Styling By Sean Dooley , WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
Yet the relatively small hearts in Lilliputian moons like Enceladus don’t contain enough radioactive matter to keep them toasty for billions of years.
—Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Lilliputian
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Although set in the small city, the movie was reportedly filmed in several locations in Louisiana.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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The city will loan the small Columbus statue removed from Arrigo Park in July 2020 to the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans, which is developing a museum honoring Italian immigrants in the city’s Little Italy neighborhood, according to a Park District news release.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2025
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In March 2020, paleontologists reported an extraordinary finding: a diminutive skull, just over a centimeter long, preserved in amber.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Thomas is a kinetic, diminutive woman whose energy belies her years.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Mixed in with small pleasures and petty disputes with her older sister are true feats of survival and bravery.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
2 May 2025
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Baffert had long operated under a cloud of suspicion inside and outside of racing, thanks in part to his larger-than-life public persona and his utter domination of the competition on the racetrack – not to mention a series of other petty drug infractions in big races leading up to the 2021 Derby.—
Katie Bo Lillis,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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Tesla is all over the news these days but little of it is positive after the company posted its worst results in four years in the first quarter.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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His use of a century’s old wartime law to deport undocumented migrants with little or no due process to a notorious prison in El Salvador under scrutiny after the administration deported at least one migrant there by mistake.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2025
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The plum political prize, of course, will be deciding how congressional districts are drawn, perhaps giving this parochial court a major say in which party—and its preferred Speaker—gets to run the U.S. House.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
31 Mar. 2025
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There is nothing more parochial or bland than being a soft, white Anglican kid from Ottawa.—
Graydon Carter,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Buffett has owned tiny stakes in sports franchises during his career.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
4 May 2025
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Dunedin One of our South's Best Beach Towns in 2022, this tiny town located across the bay from Tampa surprises with plenty to see and do--plus eat and drink!—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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In March, Stefanik had to give up plans to represent the U.S. at the United Nations amid concerns that House Republicans, working with a narrow majority, couldn’t afford to lose her vote.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
1 May 2025
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The package of tax reductions and sweeping spending cuts faces headwinds from opposition Democrats and some Republicans worried about the federal deficit, and the GOP's narrow House majority leaves no room for error.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Our set department had built a miniature version of then-ABC News anchor Peter Jennings’ desk, and the puppet workshop dressed Kermit in a smart newsy blue blazer.—
Bill Prady,
Variety,
3 May 2025
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Keeping with the monochromatic theme, Lizzo added cowboy boots and a miniature cowboy hat in the same pastel hue.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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“Lilliputian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Lilliputian. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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