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bloat

[bloht] / bloʊt /


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Stockman walked readers through the enormous gap between the casual assumption that there were vast amounts of bloat and free money in the federal budget and the actual reality when you looked at the numbers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Two years before Mr. Musk had freed Twitter from bloat and mismanagement by cutting nearly four-fifths of employees and creating something that worked better.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

But that is partly to do with recent valuation bloat.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

Evernote, the popular note-taking app, is often derided for not just a bad free version, but general bloat.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

In fact I feel irritated and can’t help wondering whether I could have gotten the same result without spending $30 and three days on detox and bloat.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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