minikin

Definition of minikinnext

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Adjective
  • The Pines at Woodloch Hawley, Pennsylvania With activities for all ages—indoor and outdoor pools, bumper boats, mini golf, water skiing, archery, and seasonal snow tubing—there’s no shortage of fun at The Pines at Woodloch.
    Chelsea Adams, USA Today, 20 June 2026
  • The first photos showed her in a black lace bodysuit that revealed her bra and micro mini shorts below.
    Meg Walters, InStyle, 20 June 2026
Adjective
  • Additionally, new facilities such as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, are expected to discover more dwarf galaxies for researchers to study.
    Christopher Karwin, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
  • Until then, the two dwarf galaxy siblings will stick together, even if the big brother does continue to pick on the little one.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 June 2026
Adjective
  • Olah is a boyish, elfin prodigy who, at nineteen, met Amodei on his first visit to the Bay Area.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That effort also brought back the rare frosted elfin butterfly for the first time in decades.
    Diana Stralberg, The Conversation, 17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • The diminutive restaurant is about as no-nonsense inside as out.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
  • Even still, most of its diminutive size was just plastic packaging, encasing the far tinier, unfathomably dense network of billions of transistors embedded in silicon.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • Then again, that’s a smallish sample size and there were some true bangers in the years right before, so the jury is still out.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • By 1900, the Irish-speaking areas were a ragged patchwork of smallish standalone zones, clinging to the island’s western and southern shores.
    Big Think, Big Think, 4 May 2026
Adjective
  • The trial vaccine was administered through a micro-fluid jet that delivers the immunization through the skin using a tiny, high-pressure stream of liquid and does not require a needle.
    Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
  • The whole box tilts itself vertically to let folding micro-LED panels emerge and flatten completely while the high-quality speaker system unpacks itself.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 June 2026
Adjective
  • The best way to eat empanadas is to devour the top first, then use a petite spoon to stuff the spices inside.
    Jenna Thompson June 16, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2026
  • Another petite reviewer praised the fit and fabric, noting that the length and armholes were perfect for her 5-foot frame.
    Kate Donovan, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
Adjective
  • Large clutches, like those at Bottega Veneta and Chanel, and comfortable shoulder bags like the Miu Miu multi-pocket bag, also featured.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Built with water-resistant polyester, this spacious duffel has a dedicated shoe compartment, an end pocket for wet or dirty clothes, a multi-pocket compression panel for organization, and an interior divider curtain that can be removed to hold bulky clothes or outdoor gear.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Minikin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minikin. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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