smallish
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Where others in the segment are biggish, it is smallish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
A smallish example is water companies in the United Kingdom, where years of strong performance masked budding problems with pollution and customer dissatisfaction.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
Solvang, about 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles, has about 20 hotels and most are smallish and independent.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
McCormick finds the smallish, hook-beaked birds by listening for their distinctive calls.
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024
These were smallish narrow beds ranged along the walls on either side.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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