as in tiny
very small in size
a wee baby
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Recent Examples of wee
Unwind in a jardin Recharging in a city jardin is as authentic a Parisian experience as any, with 500-plus parks and green spaces to let wee ones run wild.
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Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
Upon their arrival, they’re greeted by a wee man known only as the Dungeon Master, who enigmatically steers them through their new locale, keeping them safe from the evil forces of Venger while providing them with clues that will ostensibly lead them home.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Jason Rivers and Wesley Fowler’s partnership began on Atlanta’s pee-wee football fields, where teamwork and family ties laid the groundwork for a future business venture.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
In the wee hours after the Commanders beat the Bucs in Tampa in the playoffs last January, only two cars were in the parking lot at Commanders Park.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
Upon their arrival, they’re greeted by a wee man known only as the Dungeon Master, who enigmatically steers them through their new locale, keeping them safe from the evil forces of Venger while providing them with clues that will ostensibly lead them home.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Jason Rivers and Wesley Fowler’s partnership began on Atlanta’s pee-wee football fields, where teamwork and family ties laid the groundwork for a future business venture.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
In the wee hours after the Commanders beat the Bucs in Tampa in the playoffs last January, only two cars were in the parking lot at Commanders Park.
—Dan Pompei, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wee
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When the tiny home arrives, a semi-permanent setup is as easy as leveling the surface, hooking up utilities, and anchoring the home, if desired, which can be accomplished with the help of the builder’s team.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
14 Sep. 2025
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Every day is a new chance to accurately fix the coördinates of my appearance in clothes, to make tiny adjustments, as if focussing a lens.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Hickey glanced at her daughter’s trove, then at the store’s dense, minuscule universe.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Sep. 2025
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In recent weeks, the weekly take was dropping to the $500,000 range, then $400,000 and then last week’s gross was a minuscule $380,052.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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Marshburn described how thousands of miniature organ samples could be tested in orbit to evaluate new drugs.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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My Arcade is a line of miniature retro arcade devices, Plug ‘N Play consoles and portable gaming handhelds, which include licensed titles from Atari, Bandai Namco, SEGA, Tetris, Capcom, Konami, Taito, Data East and Jaleco.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Wee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wee. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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