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Trump, who has scantly used the Meta-owned platforms, and refused to return to Twitter/X after Elon Musk restored his account access, is much more active on his own social media platform, Truth Social.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2024

But its substance is scantly developed, its clear and simple premise dismayingly oversimplified.

From The New Yorker May 20, 2019

Cameron Folmar carries the 80-minute show on a scantly decorated stage; if “Santaland” is meant as theater’s break at the comedy club, it’s a thin start.

From Washington Post Dec. 13, 2017

First, China would face a humanitarian crisis in its scantly populated northwest region, as millions of North Koreans flee the ensuing anarchy.

From Slate Mar. 6, 2017

Dolly was not much in a mood for visiting, and scantly inclined to mix in the joyous circle which must be breathing so different an atmosphere from her own.

From The End of a Coil by Susan Warner




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