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Recent Examples of choosy Some retailers are struggling to attract inflation-weary customers who are cutting back or becoming more choosy in searching for sales and deals. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024 Consumers have been choosier about spending this season overall, but young adults are splurging a bit on gifts for themselves. Josh Feldman, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024 Other brands and retailers are having to be choosier and are focusing their AI energies, making this year’s holiday season something of a stress test for how the technology can be put to work. Evan Clark, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024 Yet cracks are emerging, with some retailers reporting that inflation-weary shoppers are cutting back or becoming more choosy in searching for sales and deals. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for choosy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for choosy
Adjective
  • In the last two decades, the number of hospitals and diagnostic centers has already increased sixfold, and there’s room for many more, particularly those that value quality, which patients are increasingly demanding and becoming aware of.
    Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • In making such a claim, Bonhoeffer moved the aim of conscience away from obedience to rational principles and to the more demanding and concrete love for God and one’s living, breathing, suffering neighbor.
    David DeCosse, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Its path from European favorite to Argentine flagship was shaped by chance, disaster and the selective forces of climate and soil.
    Rachel King, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • At Westfields Sports High School, a selective school renowned for its athletic programs, Kennedy started to turn heads.
    Asli Pelit, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s a place downtown called Soul Classics that’s really nice, like street-wear stuff.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • After spending the last two seasons together at the University of Minnesota, it’s been nice having each other to lean on — and to geek out with.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Gregory’s picky eating has been a long-running gag on the show, but when Erica bails on a hard-to-get reservation, Barbara encourages Gregory to fill in so Janine doesn’t have to cancel.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Van Pay and Baumert are picky about words.
    Jack Truesdale, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The final contestants from Group C — Nessy, Mad Scientist Monster, and Yorkie — did not follow that particular decades trend, opting to jump around more in time instead.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Black women in particular have been using tools like flexi rods for generations.
    Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The graceful curvature of the leather seatbacks and straps encasing the sofas were a marvel, somehow both sturdy and delicate.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Loose clusters of delicate, sweetly-scented flowers appear in April and May.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Be careful not to let in too much moisture to avoid any mildew or mold developing on your mattress.
    Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Yet Schlossberg is careful to note that May did not shadow-direct the movie during production.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Choosy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/choosy. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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