as in diminutive
of a size that is less than average
a bantam comedian who is known to fellow performers for his oversize ego
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Recent Examples of bantam
Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2019
Cathy Free, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
The grand champion and reserve grand champion for chicken, duck, turkey and bantam eggs will be sold at Friday’s livestock auction.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
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Tipping the scales at a bantam weight of only 1.14 pounds, and less than a foot long, even the gram-conscious minimalists have to take notice.
—Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2019
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And the bantam hen is now earning recognition: Guinness World Records has named her the world’s oldest living chicken.
—Cathy Free, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
The grand champion and reserve grand champion for chicken, duck, turkey and bantam eggs will be sold at Friday’s livestock auction.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
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The diminutive 21-year-old is slick and smooth with the puck and a smart, talented playmaker below the dots.Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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The former linebacker worked through some traffic on a celebratory sideline and, with Washington in his sights, launched himself at the diminutive safety.Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos created Blue Origin back in 2000, but has to date only launched the smaller suborbital New Shepard rockets from its facilities in West Texas.RICHARD TRIBOU ORLANDO SENTINEL (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Reata at the Rodeo, a smaller but no less impressive version of the Southwestern steakhouse in downtown Fort Worth, will open at 11 a.m. Jan. 17 and will serve all day most days.Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Jan. 2025
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The peewee population interacted with each other in various settings and included bocce bowlers, bare-bottomed peasants, baguette bakers, blind men, the mustachioed mayor, female fishmongers, dunce hat-wearing schoolboys, snail saleswomen, and gobs more characters.gqlshare, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
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Desperate for influence and envious of peewee states that have it, California has tried various early primary schemes since 1996.George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
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The summer of 2020 did little to allay those fears: Inexperienced intelligence officers from the agency were deployed to Portland, Ore., to compile dossiers on people protesting against police violence.Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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The ensuing reply-all showed little sympathy for the ninety-five-year-old school and its community.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
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The Vault by Vans x Nicole McLaughlin Collection includes special-edition versions of the iconic Vans Slip-On VP VR3 LX with adaptations—think canvas pockets and easy-carry heel straps—inspired by a classic multi-pocket garden tote and workwear bucket bag often used on construction job sites.Hollyanna McCollom, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2023
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No multi-pocket backpacks or bags.Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2022
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For what’s known as PM2.5 pollution, or tiny inhalable particles of smoke and dust, a PurpleAir sensor located south of Los Angeles International Airport simultaneously returned on Monday an air quality index of 28 on AirNow’s website, 20 on WatchDuty, and 5 on PurpleAir’s official page.Paresh Dave, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
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Despite their immense size, these gentle giants are filter feeders, primarily consuming plankton, small fish, and other tiny organisms by swimming with their mouths open to filter food from the water.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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New windows in Paris are dedicated to Chiuri’s cruise 2025 show for Dior, held in the grand, Italianate gardens at Scotland’s 15th-century Drummond Castle, which were represented in miniature.Miles Socha, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024
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Buy The Whisky Shop Single Malt Scotch Whisky Advent Calendar here for $130 Secret Spirits Scotch Whisky Advent Calendar 5th Edition Back for its 5th year, The Secrets Spirits Advent Calendar gives the full 25 door experience and each miniature is a full 5ml double.Mark Littler, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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She first was spotted in a white mini dress embellished with pearls and crystals, accessorized with satin white pumps.Christian Allaire, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
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At the front of the ThinkCentre mini PC, there is a single USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 port, a single USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 port, and a headphone jack and power button.Tom Warren, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Bantam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bantam. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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