as in diminutive
having a small and thin body
—usually used to describe a woman or girl
She's petite and has short black hair. a petite young woman
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Recent Examples of petite
Try the trend in this dark-wash style with slimming mesh panels, a curved back yoke, classic five-pocket styling, and petite sizes 0–16.
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Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Persimmon seeds: The seeds of the petite orange fruits are said to have clues about the weather.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
Designed by Seth Rogen, an ashtray collector himself, this handsome three-piece set reimagines the standard ashtray as something both artistic and functional with a bud vase accoutrement to house a petite bouquet or even some long stem matches.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
This is a petite 1930s Spanish-style villa equipped with a private entrance, garden, and parking.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2025
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Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Persimmon seeds: The seeds of the petite orange fruits are said to have clues about the weather.
—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
Designed by Seth Rogen, an ashtray collector himself, this handsome three-piece set reimagines the standard ashtray as something both artistic and functional with a bud vase accoutrement to house a petite bouquet or even some long stem matches.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
This is a petite 1930s Spanish-style villa equipped with a private entrance, garden, and parking.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petite
Adjective
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Skeet is a diminutive figure with short, gray hair, and a round face with prominent cheeks.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Thankfully, most garages will accommodate both, as these are diminutive vehicles when compared to any American iron of the era.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Other than Costner, the show was largely populated with relatively unknown actors — Costner was clearly the big fish in this smallish pond.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
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Before his death in 2023, Seidler had an especially close relationship with Preller and authorized previously unimaginable commitments for a smallish-market franchise.—
Brittany Ghiroli,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Styled by Anna Trevelyan, Harlow stepped out in Look 8, a bold matching brown leather set featuring a cropped jacket worn open with no top underneath, paired with mini shorts.—
Mecca Pryor,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2025
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Sánchez, who flew to space with Blue Origins first all-female crew alongside Gayle King and Katy Perry, opted for a silver metallic mini dress with subtle boning that showed off her cleavage.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, as Hjalmar’s 14-year-old daughter, Hedvig, the elfin Maaike Laanstra-Corn is delivering yet another wonderfully eccentric embodiment of a high-strung tween with a potentially perilous excess of imagination.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 Sep. 2025
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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
Adjective
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With twelve gorgeous varieties, there is a shape, size, and color to fit any garden including semi-dwarf cultivars and upright, nearly columnar varieties for small spaces.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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Astronomers hunt these rogue black holes in dwarf galaxies because, when compared to large galaxies, their smaller masses and simpler evolutionary history preserve more clues about the early growth of black holes.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The move into making dramas in the micro format figures for Inter Medya because a lot of the series in the micro-drama world are telenovela-esque, with dramatic and soapy arcs and a large number of episodes, and Inter Medya is well-versed in the traditional long form of the telenovela.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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This streamlined area rug from Dash and Albert (an extension of the Annie Selke brand) brings cheerful cabana stripes to your floors, swapping out terrycloth fibers for hand micro-hooked wool for a comfortable texture in high traffic areas.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In many respects, CDMS users receive the powerful anti-ship capabilities of a surface warfare vessel worth many hundreds of millions of dollars for just a tiny fraction of that price.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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Spiders have venom to subdue prey, but the majority have fangs that are too tiny to puncture human skin.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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By a rough count, Flagg played in approximately six different lineups, including some small-ball looks with Dwight Powell at center.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Oct. 2025
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While there is acknowledgement that smaller teams, such as Norway’s Valarenga, could be on the receiving end of heavy defeats with the shift in format, the benefits of seeing top seeds clash early in the competition mean more overall interest.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Petite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petite. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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