as in little guys
an average or ordinary man
claims that the wind farm would benefit only its developers and that the little man would get nothing out of it
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Recent Examples of little men
Boarding school has been making Muck boys into ugly, priggish little men for generations.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for little men
Noun
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Hopefully your weekend is as cozy and playful as these sleek little guys.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
3 Apr. 2026
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Lumet — himself a serious theater creature who shared an ethical bent with the twentieth century’s great American playwrights — specialized in movies about little guys’ going up against the system.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Passed in the final days of session and signed into law by Lamont earlier this week, the bill was praised as a massive victory for the state’s labor community and has been strongly embraced by unions and workers advocacy groups.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Sections of roadwork, albeit with no workers.—
Weike Wang,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
Noun
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The 50th anniversary of his Game 7 heroics was marked in 2010 by the unveiling — on Bill Mazeroski Way — of a 14-foot, 2,000-pound statue of one of Pittsburgh’s greatest everymen, rounding the bases, on top of the world.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Little men.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/little%20men. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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