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
Fluke Milanese appears on the as a minimalist adult fish stick paired with a petite salad of watercress, fennel, and shiso.
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Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024
Get the Recipe 21 of 40 Angel Biscuits These fluffy, petite biscuits make the best accessory to any spread, especially when pimiento cheese or chicken salad is involved.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
Beside him was a petite, resourceful redhead who handles Matt’s socials for him.
—Heshel Rolnick, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
This is a classic piece, with a new petite size—perfect for any special occasion.
—Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024
Get the Recipe 21 of 40 Angel Biscuits These fluffy, petite biscuits make the best accessory to any spread, especially when pimiento cheese or chicken salad is involved.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
Beside him was a petite, resourceful redhead who handles Matt’s socials for him.
—Heshel Rolnick, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
This is a classic piece, with a new petite size—perfect for any special occasion.
—Daisy Shaw-Ellis, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petite
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The American crushed the diminutive Martina Hingis in two of her three major single victories.Tim Ellis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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This one gets off to a so-so start, leading with material about the diminutive height of everyone in his wife Olivia Munn’s family, based on the levels of Asian ancestry per member.Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
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Likewise, the display remains the same mini LED Liquid Retina XDR panel, displaying 3,456 by 2,234 pixels at up to 120Hz using Apple’s ProMotion variable-refresh-rate technology.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Everyone from celebrities to teens seems to be wearing these mini chestnut-colored boots right now.Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 5 Nov. 2024
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Precisely the sorts of things that a federal coronavirus task force and its elfin leader should be focused on, in other words.Libby Watson, The New Republic, 15 May 2020
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Before leading me on a tour of the outdoor sets and soundstages, Logan, an elfin presence with a demeanor that splits the difference between fanatical and very nice, greeted me at his office in a repurposed hacienda.Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2020
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Breeders can plant the trees closer together to make test plots more efficient, and boughs grafted to a dwarf rootstock start producing apples two to three years earlier than those grafted to a traditional rootstock.Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
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Dwarf Conifers Just like Japanese maple, dwarf conifers such as dwarf Alberta spruce (shown here) come in a range of shapes, sizes, and colors.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2024
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At the same time, social media was entering a more multimedia phase, with podcast audio and TikTok video highlighting voices and faces, building a new generation of micro personality cults.Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
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Almost six in 10 U.S. workers are employed by a micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise (MSME), a firm with up to 499 employees.Olivia White, Kanmani Chockalingam, Adi Kumar, Daniel Stephens, Harvard Business Review, 30 Oct. 2024
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But for the film, Caldwell and Honnold spent 38 days biking 2,320 miles from his home in Estes Park, Colorado, to the tiny town of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, where the roadway ends.Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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Persistent back pain is another indicator – this, too, is the result of tiny fractures or compression of the spine.Jianying Zhang, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Researchers trained rats to jog on a treadmill To scientifically measure that observation, researchers captured two dozen vampire bats from Belize and trained them to use a small treadmill typically used to measure the metabolic rates of rats.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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His priorities include veterans’ rights, advocating for small businesses, protecting the border and education, according to his campaign website. AD-64 includes a portion of Los Angeles County and La Habra in Orange County.Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
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The committee’s bipartisan group of election and law enforcement officials developed pocket-size guides to election laws for police officers to carry.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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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
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“Petite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petite. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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