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antsy

[ant-see] / ˈænt si /


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Experts generally advise people to wait to buy resale tickets, since prices often come down as sellers get antsy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Investors are getting antsy about a credit bubble and contagion effects cross the $20 trillion industry.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

The film’s persistent brittleness may make some viewers antsy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

Still, Treasury holders are clearly not assuaged, and they’ve been antsy for years at this point.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2025

Well, that got my mother all worked up, antsy like the cushion she was sitting on got hot.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds




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