pocket-sized
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a variation of
pocket-size.
pocket-sizeadjectivesmall enough to fit conveniently into one's pocket.
Example Sentences
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The Z Flip8 -- a pocket-sized model geared more toward social media use -- is the cheapest new model, with a starting price of $1,200.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
The introduction of the modern smartphone–crystallized by the 2007 debut of the iPhone–collapsed multiple devices into a single pocket-sized tool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
For their part, the victims aren’t sure if they’re all being hit by the same crews or different groups targeting the pocket-sized, colorful cartoon loot, or what they and police can do to stop them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026
After surgery, patients use augmented-reality glasses equipped with a video camera linked to a pocket-sized computer with a zoom feature worn at the waist.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2025
We walked through the tiny living room into the miniature kitchen and upstairs into my fathers pint-sized bedroom and on into my pocket-sized bedroom and into the wee bathroom.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
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