mites

plural of mite
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as in dwarves
a living thing much smaller than others of its kind the kitten was just a mite, hardly the size of my palm

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Recent Examples of mites Though microscopic in size, the mites responsible for mange leave a visual trail of destruction. Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025 Spider Mites Spider mites are tiny arachnids, which typically are invisible to the naked eye. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025 Fran is litterbox trained and was treated for ear mites. Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025 The mites are active for a four to six-week period, reported the Cincinnati Enquirer, part of the USA TODAY Network. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025 Players can command the creature to attack smaller, more annoying foes such as mites, but when fighting bigger adversaries such as scorpions or orb weavers, players can hop off and the ant will attack and protect the rider. Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mites
Noun
  • After a few days’ travel, some of the specks landed on a buoy floating in the North Atlantic off the coast of French Guyana.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Now for other people whose crepe myrtles look like yours, black bark and white specks are classic signs of crepe myrtle scales.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The box covers the most popular classes and ancestries such as humans, elves, dwarves and halflings.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • His social media footprint dwarfs that of even Timothée Chalamet.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The pattern continues without the game, with the introduction of Kai Havertz and Noni Madueke doing little to improve things.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
  • While the regulator polices insider trading and market manipulation, companies are allowed to publish the bare minimum in public reporting, which does little to reassure skeptical investors.
    Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The water-resistant outer material guards your essentials against splashes, while elastic straps and multiple pockets help keep your bottles upright.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
  • And the American redstart — a jetblack little fellow with orange splashes — pretty much stopped breeding here in the early 2000s.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Check out our hints and answers right here.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For Driscoll, hints of trouble began even before the inauguration, the lawsuit alleges.
    Carrie Johnson, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With all of the appeal of a hiking boot in a smaller, lighter form factor, these Danner Trail 2650s pay homage to their beefier boot predecessors, just with some additional modern touches.
    Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But the 6-person Wellness Farmhouse is where rustic charm meets indulgent touches.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Almost certainly out this week also is injured receiver Xavier Worthy (shoulder), who provided most of the scant glimmers of hope in the Super Bowl with eight catches for 157 yards and two touchdowns.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
  • There were glimmers of the magnificent past at the 2024 French Open against Iga Swiatek when Osaka won the second set 6-1 and was within a point of going 5-1 up in the decider.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The goal is to sit at the center of every money move—paying rent, parking spare cash in a three-month T-bill, even accessing emergency funds on a Sunday—while quietly automating the bits that don't need hands-on attention.
    Jamie Elkaleh, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Scientists thought these spiky bits might be spiny scales, like those found on the bodies of rays and sharks.
    Staff Author, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Mites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mites. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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