as in tiny
very small in size
a wee baby
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Recent Examples of wee
The evergreen revolving door of oddballs and cynics populating that Manhattan arraignment court in the wee hours of the night and at the center of it all a workplace family that will forever be... until next time.
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EW.com, 19 June 2025
There is something for everyone in the capital city to socialize into the wee hours, with locales that vary from quaint tapas bars like La Gildería and Varro to trendy wine bars such as Vinoteca Vides or Bendito to lively discotecas like Teatro Barceló or Macera Club.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Advertisement Advertisement The dystopian scene was a far cry from a Sly concert the year before: Woodstock in ‘69, where the band, operating at the peak of its powers, had implored its 400,000 rapt attendees to take it higher into the wee hours of the morning.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 10 June 2025
In-store supply will likely run dry quickly as fanatics rush into local sellers in the wee hours of Thursday, van Dreunen said, but everybody who wants to buy a Nintendo Switch will eventually get a hold of one.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 June 2025
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EW.com, 19 June 2025
There is something for everyone in the capital city to socialize into the wee hours, with locales that vary from quaint tapas bars like La Gildería and Varro to trendy wine bars such as Vinoteca Vides or Bendito to lively discotecas like Teatro Barceló or Macera Club.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Advertisement Advertisement The dystopian scene was a far cry from a Sly concert the year before: Woodstock in ‘69, where the band, operating at the peak of its powers, had implored its 400,000 rapt attendees to take it higher into the wee hours of the morning.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 10 June 2025
In-store supply will likely run dry quickly as fanatics rush into local sellers in the wee hours of Thursday, van Dreunen said, but everybody who wants to buy a Nintendo Switch will eventually get a hold of one.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wee
Adjective
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Tech has a tiny presence on the Southeast Asia 500, generating just under 3% of the list’s total revenue.—
Lionel Lim,
Fortune,
22 June 2025
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Capture brain signals: The device's tiny electrodes pick up signals from individual neurons in the motor cortex.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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Despite the camera’s minuscule size, image quality holds up.—
Sam Kieldsen,
Wired News,
27 June 2025
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Equally alarming is the minuscule investment in research, which receives less than 0.2% of the National Institutes of Health budget, despite the massive economic toll.—
Julienne Verdi,
Boston Herald,
22 June 2025
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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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“Wee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wee. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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