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skimpy

[skim-pee] / ˈskɪm pi /


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As a subscriber for many decades, I’m shocked at your decision to delete the already skimpy information on TV programming recommendations in the Sunday paper.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2023

Several years ago he discussed merging with the chain publishing a skimpy daily in nearby Ontario.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023

“A lot of people come to these things and they don’t even understand the language,” says Harry, a filmmaker who passes for the villain in the noisy yet skimpy new musical “KPOP.”

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022

Kula died in 1988, so we can’t ask him what he thinks about skimpy in-flight salads or skinny Gatorade bottles, but he did write about the political effect of maintaining a just price for goods.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2022

But our mother looks out the window and sees us, and the snow, and makes us come inside and dry our feet off with the skimpy towels.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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