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dour

[door, douuhr, dou-er] / dʊər, daʊər, ˈdaʊ ər /


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Set in a dour factory, “Metropolis” is “the grandfather of all ‘beat the worker down with monotonous, repetitive labor, totally unrecognized by management’ movies,” says Mankiewicz of TCM.

From The Wall Street Journal

Target attempted to sweeten the impact of a mixed set of third-quarter earnings and a dour holiday season outlook by floating a new partnership with OpenAI.

From Barron's

The index measures the sentiment of home builders, with readings less than 50 indicative of a dour outlook for the single-family housing market in the next six months.

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The index measures the sentiment of homebuilders, with readings less than 50 indicating a dour outlook for the single-family housing market in the next six months.

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The index measures the sentiment of homebuilders, with readings less than 50 indicating a dour outlook for the single-family housing market in the next six months.

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