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also pocket-sized
as in small
of a size that is less than average
a pocket-size country in the Pyrenees
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Recent Examples of pocket-size
The committee’s bipartisan group of election and law enforcement officials developed pocket-size guides to election laws for police officers to carry.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
The pocket-size device is actually a Bluetooth speaker that looks great on a desk or bookshelf and ensures their jams are always playing.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024
There are a number of them available on Amazon, but this pocket-size version is a best-seller, even among firefighters.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2024
One church staffer presses a Bible to her forehead while another daubs her stomach with a pocket-size vial of holy oil.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
The pocket-size device is actually a Bluetooth speaker that looks great on a desk or bookshelf and ensures their jams are always playing.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024
There are a number of them available on Amazon, but this pocket-size version is a best-seller, even among firefighters.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2024
One church staffer presses a Bible to her forehead while another daubs her stomach with a pocket-size vial of holy oil.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for pocket-size
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pocket-size
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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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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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The John McDonough creation, which has ignited a slew of copycats since the inaugural fan fest in 1986, is a marketing tool like no other, changing little over the years.Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
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His production was especially encouraging given how little UCLA has gotten from its two big men, prompting Cronin to play him a season-high 27 minutes.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Pocket-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocket-size. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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