as in tiny
very small in size
a wee baby
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Recent Examples of wee
But as the final moments of a year usher in the wee hours of a new one, many take a beat to reflect.
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Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Sometime in the wee hours Sunday morning, the lights over the speedway went dark for the last time.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
But in the wee hours of Saturday morning, the Senate approved it by unanimous consent.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 21 Dec. 2024
Our nights don’t end until the wee hours of Saturday morning.
—Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Sometime in the wee hours Sunday morning, the lights over the speedway went dark for the last time.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
But in the wee hours of Saturday morning, the Senate approved it by unanimous consent.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 21 Dec. 2024
Our nights don’t end until the wee hours of Saturday morning.
—Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wee
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According to authorities, the tiny monkey will soon arrive at the Oakland Zoo for additional care.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2025
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There are no smoking guns in Jim’s investigation — only yearslong legal cases that hinge on technical details like the metal composition of a tiny bomb component.Alison Herman, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
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In other words, the chances of being called into an IRS office are minuscule for most individual taxpayers.Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024
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The term may make the mistakes seem almost innocuous, but in some applications, even a minuscule error rate can have severe ramifications.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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To explore the relationship between memory retention and sleep, researchers at the university asked 35 English-speaking adults to study Mini Pinyin, a miniature language based on Mandarin.Maureen Mackey, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Perry the miniature donkey, who served as the movement model for the character Donkey from the popular Shrek franchise, has died at 30 years old.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Wee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wee. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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