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picky

[pik-ee] / ˈpɪk i /


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"Disaster is not picky. It affects from north to south. So we would like to expand this further," Macatulad said, adding that poor communities "most vulnerable to the effects of climate change" were the priority.

From Barron's

“Because there’s more uncertainty, buyers are just pickier.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Americans from less-affluent households are becoming pickier about the purchases they make.

From The Wall Street Journal

We are a little more picky in the category, because we want to find companies where there is still a certain amount of growth.

From Barron's

What he found was that Salterella may have been small, but it was picky about its materials.

From Science Daily