pluckier; pluckiest
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Buoyed by solving a seemingly impossible case, the plucky department is ready to get to work on what’s next.
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Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2025
Instead, the audience watches a full day in the life of the salon, which is run by Jaja’s plucky teenage daughter, Marie, a high school valedictorian who lacks the birth certificate to qualify for college student loans.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
The Cubs, led by first-year coach Tyler Arko, have only two seniors on the roster and may not be the plucky underdogs next season.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 20 May 2025
Santa Juana makes for an appealingly plucky heroine, and Richard Harmon has some very funny moments as one of Stefani’s snarky cousins.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
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Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2025
Instead, the audience watches a full day in the life of the salon, which is run by Jaja’s plucky teenage daughter, Marie, a high school valedictorian who lacks the birth certificate to qualify for college student loans.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
The Cubs, led by first-year coach Tyler Arko, have only two seniors on the roster and may not be the plucky underdogs next season.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 20 May 2025
Santa Juana makes for an appealingly plucky heroine, and Richard Harmon has some very funny moments as one of Stefani’s snarky cousins.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for plucky
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“Plucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plucky. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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