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Another grower near Mid-Illovo, a region of rolling hills south of Durban, said most cane cutters in his area came from Lesotho, the tiny kingdom encircled by South Africa.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Within moments of the series’ opening, she’s sliding a pie in the oven and futzing over tiny tarts and meringue kisses to photograph for her Hungry with Hollis followers.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Humans and every other vertebrate may share an astonishingly strange ancestor: a tiny creature with a single eye centered on the top of its head.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Clough said the small skipper needed grass left uncut throughout the year, "because the tiny caterpillar spends the winter inside a grass sheath".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
There was definitely writing there—but so tiny I had to climb again onto the cot and hold the paper close to the shaded bulb.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
These ultrathin materials, made from just one or a few atomic layers, have been viewed as promising candidates for building even tinier electronic devices.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2026
“Institutional investors are a tiny share of the market, and a tinier share of the total U.S. housing market. There is not good enough evidence that institutional investors drive up home prices,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
The bigger issue is that U.S. automakers have tried tinier cars before, and they didn’t take off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
In person six-month-old Siwar is tinier than any visual image can convey.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
A tinier version than the cover beetle, drawn in black ink.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
But the tiniest silver lining of the path he’s taken means I have one more thing to help navigate accepting my voice: an example of what happens when someone retreats into fear and shame.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
A temperature at which even the tiniest particles are still.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
The tiniest aspect of any game can be turned into a prop bet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
In it, the conductor and composer examines how rituals run our lives, from the tiniest ones we barely notice to those that define our existence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
He hesitated for a breath, then slid backwards into the water with the tiniest of splashes.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Vocabulary lists containing tiny
It's the Little Things: Synonyms for "Small"
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