variants
also pocket-sized
as in small
of a size that is less than average
a pocket-size country in the Pyrenees
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Recent Examples of pocket-size
The committee’s bipartisan group of election and law enforcement officials developed pocket-size guides to election laws for police officers to carry.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
The pocket-size device is actually a Bluetooth speaker that looks great on a desk or bookshelf and ensures their jams are always playing.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024
There are a number of them available on Amazon, but this pocket-size version is a best-seller, even among firefighters.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2024
One church staffer presses a Bible to her forehead while another daubs her stomach with a pocket-size vial of holy oil.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
The pocket-size device is actually a Bluetooth speaker that looks great on a desk or bookshelf and ensures their jams are always playing.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024
There are a number of them available on Amazon, but this pocket-size version is a best-seller, even among firefighters.
—Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2024
One church staffer presses a Bible to her forehead while another daubs her stomach with a pocket-size vial of holy oil.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pocket-size
Adjective
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The Liberals' smallest lead was in a poll conducted by Innovative Research among 1,548 Canadian citizens, which showed the party with a lead of just 2 points, on 36 percent to the Conservatives' 34 percent—a lead within the poll's 3 percent margin of error.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Retail trade, which includes small and large clothing stores, lost 6,700 jobs, around 5,500 of which were not in department stores.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The 2024 edition of this diminutive all-arounder—capable of gaming, media playback, and light productivity—sees an improvement in processing power over previous iterations thanks to the A17 Pro chip.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
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The button bush is not a diminutive plant, reaching up to 12 feet tall by 4 feet wide at maturity.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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With so little time to prepare and heavy rains that made the tornado difficult to recognize, many citizens were left scrambling to take cover as winds accelerated to 200 miles per hour.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Nintendo officially confirmed the Nintendo Switch 2 via a teaser trailer that reveals the hybrid console, a plan for a Nintendo Direct on April 2 to give more details, and very little else.—
Will Greenwald,
PCMAG,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Pocket-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocket-size. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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