variants also pocket-sized
as in small
of a size that is less than average a pocket-size country in the Pyrenees

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Recent Examples of pocket-size Throughout my childhood, and to this day, Dad regularly reads his favorite book, The Greatest Thing in the World, a pocket-size theological meditation on love as defined in First Corinthians. Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025 Allow this pocket-size ornithologist to sort it out One of the things that most surprises visitors to London is the preponderance in recent years of large, aggressive, bright-green parakeets—often dozens of them flocking together. Jonathan Margolis, Air Mail, 2 Aug. 2025 Today, prices typically range from around $8 for the pocket-size version to about $30 for standard-sized special editions. Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025 The secure-fit wingtip design keeps them in place during workouts, and the pocket-size charging case provides up to 24 hours of total battery life. Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for pocket-size
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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
  • 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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  • Skeet is a diminutive figure with short, gray hair, and a round face with prominent cheeks.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Shane Hubbard, a UW-Madison research scientist specializing in damage and loss estimation from disasters, said that misunderstandings of what type of insurance offers the most protection result in homeowners being left with hefty bills and little government assistance.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The clues have been there from the start, the little touches that aligned Grasso’s bifurcated personality with Tom and Robbie’s.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Pocket-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocket-size. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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