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as in small
not broad or open in views or opinions
to the Lilliputian minds of that small town any depiction of the nude, regardless of its artistry, was pornographic
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as in diminutive
of a size that is less than average
a model train carrying Lilliputian figures through a miniature landscape
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Recent Examples of Lilliputian
There’s something undeniably charming about a Lilliputian pickle in a glass of gin.
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Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 June 2025
The Trump administration has been ensnared in a Lilliputian thicket of nationwide injunctions almost since the moment that Donald Trump was sworn in and began issuing executive orders.
—The Editors, National Review, 19 May 2025
Yet a conflict of sorts did break out on the fringes of the Côte d’Azur in 1963 when France, which surrounds three sides of this sovereign nation of a princely one square mile, demanded that its Lilliputian neighbor accept French taxation.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
Slovenia—a Lilliputian nation about the size of New Jersey but with less than a quarter of its population—has many stories to tell.
—Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
The Lilliputian sellers regularly fail to do damage when matched with the oblivious index money.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
Lo trumpets Lilliputian equipment: 1-quart pots; an immersion blender in place of a behemoth; a toaster oven in lieu of a conventional one.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 2 Aug. 2024
They’re served in Lilliputian beer steins that look like they were pulled from a doll house.
—Becky Cooper, New York Times, 7 May 2024
Photograph: Ted Stryk/NASA/SwRI/MSS Yet the relatively small hearts in Lilliputian moons like Enceladus don’t contain enough radioactive matter to keep them toasty for billions of years.
—WIRED, 24 Dec. 2023
Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 June 2025
The Trump administration has been ensnared in a Lilliputian thicket of nationwide injunctions almost since the moment that Donald Trump was sworn in and began issuing executive orders.
—The Editors, National Review, 19 May 2025
Yet a conflict of sorts did break out on the fringes of the Côte d’Azur in 1963 when France, which surrounds three sides of this sovereign nation of a princely one square mile, demanded that its Lilliputian neighbor accept French taxation.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
Slovenia—a Lilliputian nation about the size of New Jersey but with less than a quarter of its population—has many stories to tell.
—Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
The Lilliputian sellers regularly fail to do damage when matched with the oblivious index money.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
Lo trumpets Lilliputian equipment: 1-quart pots; an immersion blender in place of a behemoth; a toaster oven in lieu of a conventional one.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 2 Aug. 2024
They’re served in Lilliputian beer steins that look like they were pulled from a doll house.
—Becky Cooper, New York Times, 7 May 2024
Photograph: Ted Stryk/NASA/SwRI/MSS Yet the relatively small hearts in Lilliputian moons like Enceladus don’t contain enough radioactive matter to keep them toasty for billions of years.
—WIRED, 24 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Lilliputian
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The veteran would be a small upgrade in the outfield for the Padres.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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Those are the numbers for a 2.5-MW commercial-scale version, anyway; thus far, the idea has only been tested at smaller scale.—
Loz Blain
June 30,
New Atlas,
30 June 2025
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Pauline’s diminutive redesign has raised plenty of questions, although Nintendo rarely seems interested in providing any answers from DK lore.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
1 July 2025
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Shoutout to the diminutive Mooney, who gets full marks for his effort level and compete at his size.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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While Lian was staring in the mirror practicing her hows and lows and preparing for her future, Wenyu was sneaking out of prep class more and more frequently to pull petty pranks with her new boyfriend.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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Seventy-five years later, some of the Tribune’s criticisms seem petty.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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This time, however, the mound visit had little effect.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2025
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Map out revenue producing divisions by their profit and loss numbers, evaluate direct margins for the division, identify the weakest division that perpetually makes little or no direct margin and sacrifice them.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Brian Colbert ran on a parochial platform focused on garden-variety local issues.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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In his quest for a definitive biography of Joyce as a cosmopolitan artist, above the parochial fray, Ellmann downplayed Joyce’s interest in politics.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Both videos show the pop star on the beach in a tiny, triangle zebra print bikini and a wide-brimmed hat.—
Clare Fisher,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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Eventually the Times just acknowledged on the front page what could always be found deeper in the newspaper: that the virus’s lethality was almost totally confined to a tiny percentage of very old Americans; nursing homes the routine locale of deaths once again with the virus.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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In more challenging games, however, the side often flatters to deceive and occasionally slips up, as a narrow 2-1 victory over Boca Juniors and 0-1 loss to Benfica showed.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Nothing dramatizes the human comedy with more precision than the sound of a happily narrow mind retorting to the wider environment.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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The Maroon 5 singer has revealed that Shelton tricked him into forking over $5,000 to secure a not-so-little miniature pig for his partner, Behati Prinsloo.—
Emlyn Travis Published,
EW.com,
4 July 2025
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Lewis, now 26, told CNN on a warm June day last year while eating miniature corn dogs (at a leisurely pace) outside of the original Nathan’s location in Coney Island.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
4 July 2025
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