meager
Example Sentences
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Sosa said his job is to find ways to feed the most vulnerable people in the city, including doctors and professionals now living on meager pensions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
The settlement required Sun’s firm to pay a meager penalty of $10 million but didn’t require an admission of wrongdoing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
In Africa, South Asia and the Middle East, the IMF warned that a number of countries were already struggling with meager foreign reserves and "limited market access," making them vulnerable to "dangerous" debt shocks.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
They often live in spartan conditions and earn meager wages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
In the city, food rations have grown more meager.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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