chintzy
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Now, their iconic imagery has been repurposed as chintzy merch and wine mom–style decor.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Back then, IBM certainly wouldn’t have hired weird longish-haired geeks like Bill Gates and Paul Allen, who were working with chintzy little microprocessors that paled in comparison with IBM’s mighty mainframes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
Asked about roster construction, Cronin compared his team to the chintzy Cincinnati Reds fighting the cash-infused Dodgers for free agents based on UCLA’s shortfall in NIL dollars preventing it from snagging top transfers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
But a lot of the contemporary work here is chintzy or schematic, and in going for quantity over quality, the show’s second half feels a bit like … a tide crashing over you.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
The chintzy chair is nice and roomy, and I don’t resist pulling my legs up into it.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
The promotional video on behalf of this grift was even chintzier than the one he made for the line of steaks he sold at the Sharper Image.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2022
She doesn’t seem like a person who’d warm to constructive criticism, and I’m betting she’s even chintzier with the severance.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2011
There’s a dead spot on the former site of a bounce house, and the detritus of five children suggests, at all times, that we are running the world’s chintziest yard sale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
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