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jumpy

[juhm-pee] / ˈdʒʌm pi /


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“The market is very, very jumpy when it comes to the risks to foreign demand” for Treasurys, said Thomas Simons, a money-market economist for Jefferies in New York.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

As rates retreated from recent highs, investors have gotten jumpy at reports of troubled corporate borrowers.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

It doesn’t take much to cause tumultuous stock moves in a market top-heavy with tech shares and jumpy about the prospects for artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

This time, the soloist was the stellar emerging pianist Yunchan Lim, who keeps to himself, either lost in dreamy reverie or, like a jumpy teenager, in ferocious attack mode.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

I’m too jumpy to ask a question, and I keep checking my bag to make sure everything I need is there.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan




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