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Discover LudwigThe phrase "smaller by" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to compare the size or amount of two things, with the first item being smaller than the second. Example: The small cup is smaller by two inches compared to the large cup.
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By making it smaller, by dividing it up," she said.
"You have boxes that get smaller by a calculated amount.
"It's getting smaller by the week," Riske said Saturday.
The true proportion may well be smaller by an order of magnitude or more".
Her government is smaller by about a third than the outgoing military-aligned administration.
And that demographic, the thinking goes, is growing smaller by the day.
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Smaller by-elections were held in April 2012 and were swept by the NLD and other opposition groups almost completely.
And small by whose?
But small by what standard?
But it is too small by half.
By Judith Small By Alice Gregory By Rivka Galchen By Ceridwen Dovey.
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