anemic
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That’s because companies that are aggressively repurchasing their shares can sometimes hide their anemic revenue growth, which in turn reduces the likelihood that they can significantly increase their dividends in ensuing years.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
But what started as a robust pipeline to the presidency has gotten pretty anemic since then.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Even weak economic data, such as the past year’s anemic job growth, was often viewed as a “glass half full” reason to keep buying equities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
The signs looked performative and anemic and the visual impact was poor.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
It wasn’t much more than a meandering dirt lane, one car wide in spots, cutting through the blandness of sagebrush and ducking down to an anemic border river.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Vocabulary lists containing anemic
The House on Mango Street
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