variants
or pint-sized
as in diminutive
of a size that is less than average
a pint-size wrestler who could defeat opponents twice his size
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Recent Examples of pint-size
To address the overpopulation problem, county officials have approved new deals with a local nonprofit to help sterilize and relocate many of the pint-size equines to sanctuaries.
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Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Keep reading to find more pint-size spaces available at Amazon for under $21,000.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2025
On Provo, one of the coolest natural features is Chalk Sound National Park, a lagoon dotted with hundreds of pint-size limestone islands; many have sinkholes and caves.
—Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
Its pint-size bottles of serum are seriously incredible too.
—Devon Abelman, Allure, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pint-size
Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Keep reading to find more pint-size spaces available at Amazon for under $21,000.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2025
On Provo, one of the coolest natural features is Chalk Sound National Park, a lagoon dotted with hundreds of pint-size limestone islands; many have sinkholes and caves.
—Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
Its pint-size bottles of serum are seriously incredible too.
—Devon Abelman, Allure, 11 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pint-size
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pint-size
Adjective
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And following a violent barn house showdown in which a diminutive, yet completely feral, octogenarian visibly grows new fangs, such suspicions are confirmed.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
10 June 2025
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One-quarter of the way through the 21st Century, high-end SUVs are one of the dominant categories in the automotive market — every brand from Acura to Volvo has them, in sizes ranging from diminutive to Brobdingnagian.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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The small resort town of McCall is about 450 miles southwest of where the search for Decker is currently focused.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
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The small core teams who operate them are usually experts in biodiversity and community engagement, but not marketing.—
Michelle Greenwald,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Kids darted among game booths, waving miniature Panthers flags, and volunteers handed out popsicles and sunblock.—
Kaitlyn Pohly,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2025
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Raymond and her husband bought the land three decades ago to run a hobby farm, raising miniature donkeys, goats, chickens, horses, ducks and ponies.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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“Pint-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pint-size. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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