paltry
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The top performing sectors during these periods were healthcare and consumer-discretionary stocks like restaurants, delivering relatively paltry returns of 0.29% and 0.31% a month, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
It still was far from their worst defensive showing of the season, and mostly they couldn’t claw their way back with a paltry 30.8% from the field.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
There is no single, standard definition of middle class, or upper middle class, and what counts as a hefty income in one city can feel paltry in another.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
"It's a paltry sum when you think about the number of households on heating oil," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Some are insignificant, paltry collections of a few dozen galaxies.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing paltry
"The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe
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