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[stint] / stɪnt /




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But by 1988, a decade after her 10-month Senate stint ended, she had something to get off her chest.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

Far more typical in the military are jobs like the ones Secretary Hegseth had during his stint of active duty.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Foden, City's most decorated player alongside John Stones and Bernardo Silva, has played his entire City career under Guardiola, who ended his decorated 10-year stint at the club in May.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Halvorsen, coming off a stint on the injured list because of right shoulder inflammation, is set to join triple-A Oklahoma City.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Their stint in the private equity business—in which firms buy and sell entire companies over the counter—led them to believe that private stock markets might be more efficient than public ones.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Like the main character, Colin, he spent long stints in bed, but he says the ending did not reflect his reality, so he decided to re-write it.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Despite a year of searching, previous stints at big automotive suppliers and sending out about 50 applications, German software engineer Max Peil is still looking for a job.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

Under former general manager Perry Minasian, college players would be stoked to be drafted by the Angels, who did not hesitate to promote top prospects to the major leagues after the briefest of minor-league stints.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

Before that, he served stints as CFO of Lowe’s and CVS Health.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

After stints in North Carolina, New York, Florida, Virginia, California, and a handful of other states, he returned home to southern Maryland and started work at a job that would change his life.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

Five or six spring-times, welcomed joyously, lovingly watched from the first celandine to the budding of the rose; who shall dare to call it a stinted boon?

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

The administration also hasn’t stinted on disaster aid.

From Seattle Times Feb. 28, 2023

Or at least approaches its end, as we did on Saturday, four days before the fall equinox, on a day that may have stinted on true summer heat but supplied generous helpings of humidity.

From Washington Post Sep. 18, 2021

Wealthy countries stinted the cash they offered to poor nations to get clean technology.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2021

Was it a crafty sneer, or was it simply his stinted hospitality?

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert

Without stinting on Singapore expansion plans, Sands could buy back 20% to 30% of its current market capitalization, says Goldman.

From Barron's Dec. 23, 2025

But the work of his orchestra has been consistently agile and virtuosic, an ideal vehicle for his goal of bringing out rarely heard details without stinting overall blend and drive.

From New York Times Jun. 24, 2022

We remain convinced, in contradiction of all the available evidence, that stinting on sleep makes us heroic and industrious, rather than stupid and fat.

From The New Yorker Dec. 3, 2018

My own were slow to get established, lacked vigor, flopped and were stinting in flower.

From Washington Post Oct. 8, 2018

I narrated its events, not stinting Pro Bono’s actions therein.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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