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skimpy

[skim-pee] / ˈskɪm pi /


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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

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

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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