minikin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for minikin
Adjective
  • The vehicle is reported to be the first Honda mini car to come with single-pedal control, where acceleration, slowing down and stopping can all be undertaken using one pedal.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025
  • On Thursday, the City Council approved a temporary pause on permit fees for sidewalk cafes, street cafes and mini park spaces for dining establishments.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Numerous species are commercially available, from the culinary classic common thyme (Thymus vulgaris) to colorful flowering groundcovers such as elfin thyme (Thymus serpyllum) and creeping thyme (Thymus praecox).
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
  • In a series of illustrated stories, Lung describes the Labubu as an elfin creature.
    Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Other recent surveys have started to find small satellite galaxies orbiting isolated dwarf galaxies.
    Victoria Corless, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The team also discovered two more new species of dwarf gecko: Lygodactylus arnei and Lygodactylus andavambato.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Primordial black holes, meanwhile, are theorized to be much more diminutive than even stellar mass black holes, with masses predicted to be anywhere from that of giant planets down to average-sized asteroids.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Rather, when Labor Day Weekend ended, the man leading the league in that category was Corbin Carroll, the diminutive (by baseball standards) right fielder playing for the underwhelming Arizona Diamondbacks.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Next is Boll’s bedroom, a smallish, enveloping cabin.
    Laura Bannister, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Even though this smallish island was a fraction of the size of France, its capital markets enabled it to successfully finance its global contest with France, whose crude financial system was a severe handicap in financing those wars.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The sharp-yet-flexible points and buildable tint leave behind a trio of micro-fine strokes that, when brushed along your arches, blend seamlessly with your natural hairs.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • For those that want to pick up market-ready skills without pausing a career, micro programs might fit both budgets of time and money.
    Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • They’re made of rayon, nylon, and spandex, and are currently available in a petite-friendly 24-inch inseam.
    Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
  • These petite potatoes are boiled, then stir fried, tossed with a salty-sweet sauce and finished with sesame seeds, green onions and pepper flakes.
    Faye Levy, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Here's what to know about the pocket-size tequilas.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Throughout my childhood, and to this day, Dad regularly reads his favorite book, The Greatest Thing in the World, a pocket-size theological meditation on love as defined in First Corinthians.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Minikin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minikin. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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