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skimpy

[skim-pee] / ˈskɪm pi /


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As a subscriber for many decades, I’m shocked at your decision to delete the already skimpy information on TV programming recommendations in the Sunday paper.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2023

Several years ago he discussed merging with the chain publishing a skimpy daily in nearby Ontario.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2023

It is hard to believe much of anything that happens in FX’s “Kindred,” in either the skimpy, cardboard depiction of plantation life or in the clichéd presentation of modern city life.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022

Kula died in 1988, so we can’t ask him what he thinks about skimpy in-flight salads or skinny Gatorade bottles, but he did write about the political effect of maintaining a just price for goods.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2022

“It’s not a party! It’s just supper—and skimpy enough at that.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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