teeny
Americanadjective
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Those of us who watch all the major films in contention every year sometimes get a teeny tiny bit cross that not all of the people who actually vote do the same.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
We have a teeny little garden I’m working on finally, after 15 years, actually doing something with it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
Each pack comes with four teeny and tiny apple pies that are made exclusively for TJ’s in Canada using Northern Spy apples.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025
Actually, he arrived at Flushing Meadows with no hairdo — as in no hair at all, aside from some teeny, tiny specks on his head that come to a widow’s peak.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025
But there’s a teeny, tiny chance that he saw something.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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