racy

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ABC as a broadcast network is held to higher standard than it's streaming partner Hulu due to oversight by the federal regulator and advertisers, who may be skittish when it comes to racy programming.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

And even the racy headline GDP growth rate was below many assumptions of a 5%-plus print.

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2023

R&B star Ashanti finally addressed racy remarks made by estranged Murder Inc. producer Irv Gotti, who said they dated and who spent years discrediting her.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2023

Garlic and Thai chiles in the seasoning give each bite a racy edge.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë