stodgy
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They are no longer stodgy arrangements used by the uber-wealthy to wall off their money.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
The equal-weight index is off to one of its best starts to a year in decades as stodgy stocks get rediscovered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Putnam’s post-Earhart life was a roller coaster of cash woes and notoriety; the following year he staged his own kidnapping, alienating his stodgy publishing community.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025
Without proper mise en place — ingredients prepped, broth warmed, tools within reach — you risk a gummy, stodgy disappointment.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025
I was expecting a stodgy, older gentleman who’d offer me canned encomiums about Hopkins and then stiffen and ask for the check when he found out the details of my standardized test scores.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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