dicey
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Business schools are lowering the costs of advanced degrees to try to appeal to workers spooked by AI and a dicey job market.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Last week, we asked you to tell us about your biggest money mistakes — and you opened up about everything from dicey stock-market bets to spending habits that got out of control.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
So with things getting dicey in north London, we're looking at the most surprising clubs to drop since the competition began in 1992.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
But the bill’s road to becoming law still looks dicey.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
Sometimes I get a tummy ache after breakfast, which makes lunch dicey, and there’s no way to get through the shift without at least one major refueling.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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