little

A little later, the waiter and manager came to our table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Both measures have changed little over the year.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Data-center development “appears to have little measurable impact” on local housing prices, according to a February research paper by Alex Priest, an assistant professor of finance at the University of Rochester.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

In the little town of Hamina, Finland, Google is expanding a data center so respectful of its environment and neighbors that it is often cited as a benchmark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Yeah, they can be a little stuck-up, but all in all, they are still pretty nice.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The company has said the Cybercab will eventually sell for less than $30,000, but an official price has also not yet been revealed.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Touring less would allow Washburn more time to stock his YouTube channel with clips of hikes and other quests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Compact remnants, by comparison, showed less orderly aging patterns.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

We see less and less of him and he makes no sense when we do.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

That next year I’ll be even busier and have even less time to give to a dog.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Or it could be treated to a lesser level, to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for discharge to the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

"Large objects such as stars curve spacetime strongly -- for example, we can observe this when light rays are deflected by massive stars. But smaller masses also produce spacetime curvature, just to a lesser extent."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

Itauma showed that many of the qualities which looked spectacular against lesser opposition still worked against a genuine world-level heavyweight.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Berton, the national disaster agency spokesman, said at least 914 houses on the island were severely damaged and hundreds of others to a lesser degree.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

The realm of great literature was still far removed from who I was and reinforced the idea that I was at a crossroads in my life, with only the lesser path available to me.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

Though Disneyland Park’s littler and much younger sibling, the park has grown into a respectable offering, one that ranks among my favorite Disney parks in North America.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

"You wouldn't think there were that many places to hide but when Ramona was littler, I think she'd been in every cupboard in one of those trailers," says Drew-Honey, now 28.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024

No surprise there—as the term accelerates toward a contentious finale, the tensions roiling major cases are bound to spill over into littler ones.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2024

Our littler sister city has been careening far ahead of us in grown-up, post-pandemic urban problems.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2023

Little flowers grew among the moss, littler than I had ever seen.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Fuel cells from Bloom and others are still pricier than conventional alternatives, at least at current natural-gas prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

By August 25, 2026, about three-quarters of Puerto Rico was experiencing at least moderate drought, according to the assessment.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

The U.S. bond market saw a similar story play out only a few weeks ago, when Bessent’s plan to at least double buybacks of long-dated government bonds only briefly paused the Treasury market selloff.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

One of the peculiarities of the Marin cultural scene, at least in Perlis’ reckoning, is that it hardly seems like a scene at all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

At least in the other cell there had been bright bits of clothing: the baroness’ red hat, Frau Mikes’ yellow blouse.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The littlest Mac has gone viral as a cost-effective way for AI power users to run local large language models that can eat up dozens of gigabytes of RAM, aka memory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

"He always has time to chat with every little one and has the ability to charm even the littlest of children who may be a little shy of a big man in a red suit."

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024

Caiazzo was part of a research team that in 2021 reported on one with a petite diameter slightly larger than Earth's moon that boasted the greatest mass and littlest size of any known white dwarf.

From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2023

Two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a big plan for some of California’s littlest children.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2023

“Because he shouldn’t. Chrissie told me to look out for him and not let him climb even the littlest hill. And this one—” She looked behind them at the steep path.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen