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needy

[nee-dee] / ˈni di /


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Barbie’s needy male counterpart, it turns out, is not “just Ken.”

From Los Angeles Times

My voice comes out needier than I mean it to.

From Literature

In recent years, more than a dozen U.S. cities have run universal basic income programs, often smaller or pilot programs that have offered guaranteed basic incomes to select groups of needy residents.

From Salon

He’s less needy of approval: He’s written off the mainstream press.

From The Wall Street Journal

As AI labs obsess over the amount of time people spend with their products, chatbots have become ferociously needy people pleasers.

From The Wall Street Journal