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 shirt-pocket-size AC adapter has a USB-C plug. PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025 Today, pocket-size family farmsteads on the canyon floor, often tucked against sheer walls, coexist with the ancient ruins and rock art. Derek M. Norman, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025 Grilled Cheese at Cocina Consuelo Nearly everything on the menu at this colorful, pocket-size Hamilton Heights restaurant is a little bit of a revelation. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024 The 160-page, pocket-size book — which in customary Michelin style includes a detachable city map — signals the growing stature of Detroit in the tourism industry. Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pocket-size
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  • Yes, Georgia and Paul split this season as the blowback from the trial — and Paul's support of Proposition 38, disastrous for small businesses — imperiled his mayoral career.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 June 2025
  • Farmers watered their crops less, and saw smaller harvests as a result.
    Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 7 June 2025
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  • Their double act had begun at secondary school, in North London, where Mulcahy protected the diminutive Duffy from bullies.
    Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
  • With that hardware, the diminutive DGX Spark will produce 1,000 trillion operations per second (TOPS) when working on AI tasks, vastly outperforming consumer AI PCs' 40-50 TOPS.
    Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 24 May 2025
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  • This is incredibly damaging to career prospects and, given how little knowledge exists in mainstream medical and occupational health circles, can feel confusing and frightening for those who don’t know where to turn for advice.
    Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • Mia said she was kept off-kilter working around the clock for Combs with little sleep.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2025

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“Pocket-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocket-size. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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