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Recent Examples of teensy-weensy Those chic, teensy-weensy braids were the work of Evalyn Denis, a fellow Florida native and versatile hair stylist now based in Los Angeles. Martine Thompson, Essence, 31 Mar. 2025 This 12-hour-wear brow pencil creates teensy-weensy lines to mimic your brow’s natural hair color and thickness without creating a boxy look to them. Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 4 Feb. 2025 Miss Manners would think that neither teensy-weensy cups nor stemware would be good candidates, but that would also depend on the condition of the ladlers. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teensy-weensy
Adjective
  • In the tall-grass prairies that once spread out across pre-settlement Indiana, tiny ground squirrels scurried through the wildflowers, grasses and shrubs.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
  • These were tiny towns where restaurants serve breakfast with eggs supplied by on-property chickens and eagles are visible on mosquito-laden trails that railroad cars once trudged.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Revisions are statistical refinements equaling a minuscule slice of the overall job market.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Teasing out minuscule quantities of ruthenium-100 was a painstaking endeavor.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025

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“Teensy-weensy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teensy-weensy. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.

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