scantier

Example Sentences

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“Less prominent victims of Chinese censorship would have scantier chances of redress.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

Data on the efficacy of sugar taxes are scantier, but the available evidence shows that they, too, lower consumption.

From Economist • Jul. 26, 2018

This means less room for others who might be seeking psychiatric care, while at the same time, states have cut billions from mental health, leaving even scantier outpatient systems.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2017

As for Gunn, it was seven years before he made another film, “Personal Problems,” which was done with an even scantier budget and never released at all.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2016

But as the lion usually lives amid scantier vegetation, he does not need to feel his surroundings quite so constantly; and so his tail has lost the power of curling itself upward.

From The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two by Ghosh, Sarath Kumar