1
as in dime
a very small sum of money
I have only a mite left to buy lunch for the rest of the week
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2
as in diminutive
something (such as an animal) much smaller than others of its kind
the kitten was just a mite, hardly the size of my palm
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3
as in speck
a very small amount
that speech didn't make a mite of sense
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Recent Examples of mite
This includes root mealybugs, soil mites, root aphids, and fungus gnats, among other pests.
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Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 29 Jan. 2026
The mites can also survive up to 36 hours outside the body.
—Will Barker, TheWeek, 23 Jan. 2026
Dust mites, pet dander, and pollen are common triggers of allergies in your home.
—Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 19 Jan. 2026
Once inside, prey organisms — including bacteria, protozoans like ciliates and amoebae and even tiny soil mites — are subjected to conditions with very low oxygen.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 29 Jan. 2026
The mites can also survive up to 36 hours outside the body.
—Will Barker, TheWeek, 23 Jan. 2026
Dust mites, pet dander, and pollen are common triggers of allergies in your home.
—Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 19 Jan. 2026
Once inside, prey organisms — including bacteria, protozoans like ciliates and amoebae and even tiny soil mites — are subjected to conditions with very low oxygen.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mite
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Downer, this year’s emcee, said that for every paczek sold in the last month, a dime has also been donated towards the Alzheimer’s Association.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The film's soundtrack carries on that way throughout, showing the boundless energy of hardscrabble, down-to-their-last-dime people via fifes, fiddles, and harps.—
Alex Galbraith,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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While the Olympics doesn't specify which city Tina lives in, her name is a diminutive for Cortina, one of the cities co-hosting the Winter Olympics.—
Aliza Chasan,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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By contrast, Naroditsky, who went by Danya, the Russian diminutive of his first name, was known for his gentleness, his sensitivity.—
Jordan Himelfarb,
Time,
15 Dec. 2025
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Tiny beads of blood had seeped out and dried into tiny specks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Feb. 2026
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Here indeed was a dense speck of wilderness under preserve.—
John Bowe,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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This dwarf variety produces slender, upright branches that, if left unpruned, put forth a graceful weeping habit.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
16 Feb. 2026
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Some others that would be affected include dwarf schefflera, dracaenas, begonias, ficus, philodendrons, aglaonemas and peace lilies.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Feb. 2026
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That legitimizes it a little bit.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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Larger objects in an avalanche tend to stay near the snow’s surface, while smaller bits of debris get buried.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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The city of Paramount was incorporated in 1958 by folding together a pair of renowned dairy and hay communities named Hynes and Clearwater.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Humpal was fined $8,000 in 2024 for a 2023 manure leak and in 2017, he was asked to pay more than $15,000 for the restitution of dead fish and a department fine after manure flowed off a hay field and killed about 35,000 fish.—
Cami Koons,
Iowa Capital Dispatch,
10 Feb. 2026
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Rooms are stocked with bowls, a pet bed, organic treats, waste bags, and a toy.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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The preschooler wandered the room, swinging a thin plastic rod from a set of window blinds like a toy sword.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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There are a host of other things available to entertain your littles, tweens, and teens around town, including The Butterfly Conservatory, Eco-Discovery Center, Shipwreck Museum, and Truman Waterfront Park’s splash pad.—
Ronny Maye,
Essence,
1 Feb. 2026
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More than half of littles were developmentally ready for kindergarten.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Mite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mite. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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