as in tiny
very small in size
a wee baby
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Recent Examples of wee
In the wee hours Thursday morning, Duffy joined with the D.C. mayor and emergency response officials at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to brief reporters on the collision.
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2025
The good news is there is a huge variety of alarm clocks with features like night-lights, sleep sounds, digital and analog displays, and gentle alarms to help your kids enjoy waking up or assisting them with staying in bed in the morning’s wee hours.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 28 Jan. 2025
In the wee hours of Saturday night, TikTok cut off access to users in the United States ahead of Sunday’s deadline that forced Apple and Google to remove the video-sharing app from their app stores.
—Andrew Couts, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2025
The fire fully engulfed a 43-foot Marine Trader boat at Manhasset Bay Marina in the wee hours of Wednesday, then spread to a 42-foot Post boat in an adjacent slip, the Port Washington Fire Department said in a statement.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2025
The good news is there is a huge variety of alarm clocks with features like night-lights, sleep sounds, digital and analog displays, and gentle alarms to help your kids enjoy waking up or assisting them with staying in bed in the morning’s wee hours.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 28 Jan. 2025
In the wee hours of Saturday night, TikTok cut off access to users in the United States ahead of Sunday’s deadline that forced Apple and Google to remove the video-sharing app from their app stores.
—Andrew Couts, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2025
The fire fully engulfed a 43-foot Marine Trader boat at Manhasset Bay Marina in the wee hours of Wednesday, then spread to a 42-foot Post boat in an adjacent slip, the Port Washington Fire Department said in a statement.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wee
Adjective
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The gals at Always Booked put together the most fantastic event down to the tiniest detail.—
American Booksellers Association,
USA TODAY,
9 Feb. 2025
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As far as we’re concerned, the fact that so much cleaning power can be packed into those tiny dishwashing pods is pure magic.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Federal spending was relatively minuscule in those years.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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The number of transgender athletes competing in school and college sports is thought to be minuscule.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Or how about one-bite eggplants, personal-sized spaghetti squash, miniature bell peppers (red, orange, and chocolate brown varieties), Tom Thumb lettuce, four-inch diameter cabbages, four-inch long Japanese Hulless ears of corn, pinkie finger sized carrots, and golf ball sized beets.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
6 Feb. 2025
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So far, the miniature lock has no exact parallels in Europe.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Wee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wee. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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