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Recent Examples of tinny
As the sun set, news from Memphis broke into the music on his tinny radio.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
However, all are treated equally by the professional staff and even arrivals such as ours, in tinny hire cars, are whisked into the sleek entrance of the minimalist white building.
—Jemima Sissons, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2026
So there’s just something tinny about him.
—Shikha Dalmia, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Users can now talk to Figure 03 naturally, without the tinny distortion common in voice assistants.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
However, all are treated equally by the professional staff and even arrivals such as ours, in tinny hire cars, are whisked into the sleek entrance of the minimalist white building.
—Jemima Sissons, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2026
So there’s just something tinny about him.
—Shikha Dalmia, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2025
Users can now talk to Figure 03 naturally, without the tinny distortion common in voice assistants.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tinny
Adjective
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Said was clean-shaven, with close-cropped, graying hair and thin, rectangular glasses.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Expect body hair to thin, disappear, Alpinize.—
Sandra Cisneros,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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The chaos is still an acceptable price to pay for Birney’s expertly offputting performance, a shrill mania that gets increasingly comic over time.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In one scene, Anne calls Ginny, trying to get Mark Brett’s phone number from the bottom of one of Gino’s squeaky ducks.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Pretty much every pooch loves this squeaky plush lamb.—
Kasey Caminiti,
USA Today,
25 May 2026
Adjective
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Female eagles often repeat a solitary soft but high-pitched note.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
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Noise colors can be high-pitched (rapidly vibrating) sounds, low-pitched (slowly vibrating) sounds, or a combination.—
Laura Kiniry,
Popular Science,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Surprise of the season That City got close to a domestic treble, which has only ever been achieved by their 2019 vintage, which was a considerably superior team to this one.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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His biggest achievement at City has been winning the Premier League-Champions League-FA Cup treble in the 2022-23 season, emulating the feat of Manchester United in 1999.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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But more recently, Japan-bashing has become the core of a strident Chinese nationalism, with disastrous consequences.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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Surely the demise of America’s most strident ideological foe, ten years after the humiliations of the Iranian hostage crisis, called for greater attention?—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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“Tinny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tinny. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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