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or pint-sized
as in diminutive
of a size that is less than average
a pint-size wrestler who could defeat opponents twice his size
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The Sonos Beam Gen 2 provides expansive sound from a pint-size package.
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Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
This movie was a foundational text for a generation, made all the more nostalgic by the fact that most of the young cast stayed out of the limelight afterward, forever preserved in our memories as pint-size rock stars (RIP, drummer Freddy).
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
Stepping just outside his pint-size studio, though, Díaz-Reixa’s own living space is ample and decidedly un-cavelike.
—Paula Mejía, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2024
During the pandemic, the tiny dollhouses reemerged as pint-size places for a nostalgic escape in quarantine.
—Lauren Vaccaro, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2024
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Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
This movie was a foundational text for a generation, made all the more nostalgic by the fact that most of the young cast stayed out of the limelight afterward, forever preserved in our memories as pint-size rock stars (RIP, drummer Freddy).
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2024
Stepping just outside his pint-size studio, though, Díaz-Reixa’s own living space is ample and decidedly un-cavelike.
—Paula Mejía, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2024
During the pandemic, the tiny dollhouses reemerged as pint-size places for a nostalgic escape in quarantine.
—Lauren Vaccaro, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pint-size
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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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In ways large and small, the diminutive Hollywood veteran set the tone.Rob Marriott, VIBE.com, 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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Those smaller fires, like the Woodley and Lidia fires, have been contained as of Monday, and 89% of the moderately sized Hurst Fire is also under control, Cal Fire said.Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
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These supergiant crustaceans produce a small number of eggs — only in the hundreds — which hatch as miniature versions of the adults, Sidabalok said.Julianna Bragg, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
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Setting aside the delightful incongruity between the coach who once promised to bite off peoples’ kneecaps and his miniature companions, the fourth-down factor is a big part of what makes the Lions Must-See TV.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Pint-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pint-size. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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