meager
Example Sentences
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That was the most meager private payroll growth since January, and foreshadowed potential weakness in the Labor Department’s report on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
That feels like a reach, considering its meager lineup of original shows.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
A flood of social media comments decried loss of sovereignty, meager benefits and political costs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
“Here is this meager little mustache that someone made me, and I glue it on every night,” he says, holding up two tiny hairy wings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
That meager allowance was the most she’d ever had to call her own.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Vocabulary lists containing meager
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