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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a small sized portion of" is not the most concise expression in written English, but it is grammatically correct and usable.
You can use it when describing a quantity or serving size that is small in dimension or amount, often in contexts related to food or samples.
Example: "I would like to order a small sized portion of the pasta, please."
Alternatives: "a small portion of" or "a tiny serving of".
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After you draw the shape, erase the rounder area, and a small sized portion of the corner of the eye.
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The diet clinic here in Cannes, France, is part of a small sized hospital.
You can get small individually sized portions of this cake, or order a full cake to share with your friends.
Table A2.4 summarises the results of our quality of evidence ratings with respect to current and provisionally updated estimates of the summary effect size for (1) the effect of exposure to larger versus smaller sized portions, packages or tableware on quantities of food consumed.
Interpretation of the result of an updated meta-analysis of (2) the effect of exposure to larger versus smaller sized portions, packages or tableware on quantities of food selected will not change: there will still be overall moderate quality evidence that larger portion, package and tableware size increased selection of food, with a small to moderate effect size.
Overall quality of evidence ratings cannot change with respect to updated summary estimates of (1) and (2) the effects of exposure to larger versus smaller sized portions, packages or tableware on quantities of food consumed and selected.
And the eye cream is quite small, and there's a travel-sized portion of the Essence.
I expected a super-sized portion of Japanese propaganda.
Even larger is "The Ship," a 20-foot-high Fiberglas and carbon-fiber elevated sculpture that is labeled as a "full-sized portion of a monumental structure".
After the encyclopaedia of fried food had been doused in a family-sized portion of salt, it was handed over.
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