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Recent Examples of teeny But now they are also being encouraged to gaze down at the painstaking details of the dolls’ house, with some of its teeniest artifacts placed in low cases to benefit close inspection. Megan Specia, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024 As if the waves-to-curls, long-to-short change-up wasn't enough, there was yet another transformation in store: a extra long, pin-straight blonde style with just the teeniest, softest hint of pink. Kara Nesvig, Allure, 16 Oct. 2023 Who could forget Katie Holmes’s arrival on the Croisette in the world’s teeniest, tiniest kitten heel? Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 21 June 2023 But that unit would be among the teeniest in the new plans, which call for less than half the number of original apartments (57), with monster floor plans up to 15,000 square feet. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for teeny
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Adjective
  • In the video above, the user added a tiny fairy bridge over her faux water scene.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2025
  • Several other drugs, including amantadine and apomorphine, can have similarly arousing effects, though none has worked in more than a tiny sliver of patients.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • The minuscule particles can lead to breathing problems like bronchitis and cause inflammation that aggravates diabetes, heart disease and other health conditions.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
  • Summer Benowitz with blob: An anthropomorphic blob attempts to turn itself back into a human — one minuscule, infuriating, frivolous, anxiety-provoking task at a time (a show about being in your 20s).
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025

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