as in diminutive
having a small and thin body
—usually used to describe a woman or girl
She's petite and has short black hair. a petite young woman
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Recent Examples of petite
The petite sushi menu includes bluefin tuna, fatty tuna and caviar temaki, along with sashimi and sushi options such as Canadian salmon and sea bream.
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Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Course three is a choice of either a 6-ounce HWD filet with a bone marrow wine sauce and potatoes, or the brick chicken with corn and petite peppers.
—Ella Gonzales
may 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2026
Amazon actually has a wide selection of petite-friendly clothing essentials, backed by thousands of reviewers.
—Rebecca Shinners, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026
The dress also featured a floor-length skirt, which meant the petite star required a pair of lofty platforms to make the look work.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
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Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Course three is a choice of either a 6-ounce HWD filet with a bone marrow wine sauce and potatoes, or the brick chicken with corn and petite peppers.
—Ella Gonzales
may 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2026
Amazon actually has a wide selection of petite-friendly clothing essentials, backed by thousands of reviewers.
—Rebecca Shinners, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026
The dress also featured a floor-length skirt, which meant the petite star required a pair of lofty platforms to make the look work.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petite
Adjective
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Winifried — whose preferred diminutive, also the name of the demon inside her, is Fred, not Winnie — isn’t the one being spooked here.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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That is what these playoffs have provided for Hutson, allowing more eyeballs to take in the well-roundedness of his game despite his diminutive size and his flashy offensive skills that can often divert the attention of those eyeballs elsewhere.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Adjective
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By 1900, the Irish-speaking areas were a ragged patchwork of smallish standalone zones, clinging to the island’s western and southern shores.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 May 2026
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So moving Stankoven to the middle in training camp certainly raised the eyebrows of many, especially considering Carolina has several other smallish players among its forward corps.—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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The Broadway star and Glee actress stepped out in New York City and wore a short black dress with an elegant square neckline, complete with matching strappy heels, a mini bag, and dainty earrings.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
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Atkinson threw a mini tantrum then sat in his chair, the look of defeat on a coach knowing what comes next.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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Olah is a boyish, elfin prodigy who, at nineteen, met Amodei on his first visit to the Bay Area.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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That effort also brought back the rare frosted elfin butterfly for the first time in decades.—
Diana Stralberg,
The Conversation,
17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Over billions of years, the galaxy probably collided with smaller dwarf galaxies, which brought in fresh gas and stars and helped build up the outer spiral arms.—
Lisa Kewley,
The Conversation,
14 May 2026
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Semi-dwarf varieties grow to between 3 and 8 feet tall, while giant sunflowers grow at least 8 feet tall.—
Alexandra Jones,
The Spruce,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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The team looked at the octopus’s internal organs using micro-CT scanning, which collects thousands of x-ray image slices through an object that can then be put together to create a super high-resolution virtual model.—
Jeanna Bryner,
Scientific American,
24 May 2026
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Emphasize a clean, squoval nail with micro French tips.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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Keep scrolling for tiny travel essentials that'll fit right in your personal item.—
Aly Walansky,
Travel + Leisure,
29 May 2026
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These migratory aerial acrobats need a lot of energy to beat their tiny wings so fast.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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The National Federation of Independent Business has warned that small businesses and consumers who rely on energy, rather than oil giants, will end up holding the bag.—
Yaël Ossowski,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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But as funding from cap-and-invest and the climate bond dwindle, the state must increasingly turn to Cal Fire, which devotes only a small portion of its budget to mitigation work.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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“Petite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petite. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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