skimpy
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Supino noted that Comcast didn’t take questions on its call earlier Monday and released a skimpy presentation on the split.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The bath towel was skimpy but the counters for drying your hair and getting ready were a nice touch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Los Angeles is notoriously skimpy on public parkland.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Several years ago he discussed merging with the chain publishing a skimpy daily in nearby Ontario.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
You’d have to be pretty tough to stand around giving people Maytags on a day as cold as this with those skimpy clothes on!
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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But their coverage tends to be skimpier and often costlier than policies sold by travel insurers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Aimee Cohen, a career coach based in Denver, said relocation packages have gotten skimpier and even executives wonder how long a gig will last.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2018
Mr. Aster writes an impressive-looking check and succeeds in cashing it, but on close examination the payout turns out to be skimpier than anticipated, and drawn mostly on someone else’s account.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2018
The report anticipates a smaller effect from the administration’s proposals to make it easier for consumers to buy two kinds of health plans with lower prices and skimpier benefits than the ACA allows.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2018
Then one day I met him on the street; he was on his way to buy an overcoat, and he was lookin' skimpier and more froze-up and genialer than ever.
From In the Arena Stories of Political Life by Tarkington, Booth
To say he has honored her story, though that’s true, is the skimpiest possible way to look at the achievement of “Dana H.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2021
This is but the skimpiest sliver of the plot of “A Great Reckoning.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2016
Economics, business, society and culture get only the skimpiest treatment.
From Economist ● Feb. 18, 2016
Even with Bocchiccio picking up the tab, Walcott is one of the skimpiest eaters big-time heavyweight boxing has ever known.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The little, lop-sided cake at the church supper, the cheapest pincushion, the skimpiest apron at the bazaar, were always Mrs. Archie's contribution.
From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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