picky
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Investors have become much more picky about buying stocks with sustainable earnings, margins and cash flow.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
“We’re not reckless, we’re picky and we’re aggressive.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
If the language of “reparenting” works for you, then fine: hide your vegetables the way you would for a picky kid you were responsible for keeping fed.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Grizzly bears are — were — omnivores, not picky eaters, and also lazy ones, noshing on berries, roots, acorns, beached whale carcasses and any laggardly young elk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
But really, the only person I can even think of who wasn’t big on Stan was Fang, which was weird seeing how Delaney wasn’t all that picky when it came to friends.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
But consumers today are pickier about what they buy in grocery stores as they navigate higher prices.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
As the price of fuel and essentials stays high, it seems people are getting pickier about spending money on a day out.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
But bosses say the spring cleaning of the group's pipeline is needed to refocus and get the reorganisation off on the right foot in a market that has become pickier and more competitive than ever.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
Americans from less-affluent households are becoming pickier about the purchases they make.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
As new economic policies, including those around tariffs, create more unease among businesses, companies are reining in costs while also being pickier about whom they hire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2025
With multiple beach towel collections — from Disney designs to boho chic — Sand Cloud has towels for even the pickiest surfer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
Her approach will be accessible to the pickiest readers, layering personal anecdotes with a visit to a gene-sequencing lab, heavy on compassion and light on jargon.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2022
If ugly sweater patterns or footy pajamas aren’t going to make the cut, then maybe LilySilk’s highly sought-after trimmed pajamas will be enough to please the pickiest fashion fans.
From Fox News ● Dec. 15, 2021
The final result is barely distinguishable from its meaty counterpart, and guaranteed to fool even the pickiest eaters.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2021
Gramps implored us, but for four old guys, his friends were the pickiest eaters I'd ever known.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
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