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Adjective
  • Leopold cautioned immigrants of any religious, national or ethnic background to be careful traveling.
    Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Bass has employed a more careful and conciliatory tone.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Sophie’s own child, Aud Mason-Hyde, is one of the main actors, which adds another layer of things as a close personal story.
    Dan Allen, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Musk stews over Stargate As one of President Trump’s closest allies, Elon Musk was expected to reap a huge advantage over his rivals.
    Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The promise of creating 100,000 new jobs is ambitious but raises significant questions in an already tight AI and data center labor market.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Even if this shirt came in only one color, managing editor Erin Agostinelli would still love it with its stretchy body-hugging tight fit that's almost like wearing a bodysuit but without the commitment.
    Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Ultimately, Souleymane Traore demonstrates how pursuing one’s goals with purpose and determination is never selfish.
    William Jones, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
  • In a closed-door lunch the next day, senators said the president was being selfish.
    Annie Karni, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • When done right, this type of content may be cheaper to produce compared to scripted shows, and bring in new (typically younger) demographics who have currently have more of an affinity to YouTube and other social media channels.
    Kiri Masters, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Several North Florida areas are averaging less than $3 a gallon as the region remains the cheapest to get gas in the state, in some places about 25 cents cents less per gallon than South Florida.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • How inflation is impacting America Are greedy companies to blame for grocery inflation?
    Juweek Adolphe, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The internal struggle is real: push too hard and risk being perceived as greedy, or settle for less and face future regret.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In his regular Instagram videos, Pearson playfully calls out people who have posted mean comments about his appearance.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, mean January temperatures of 12.6 degrees have been about 4 degrees below normal, NWS meteorologist Brennan Dettmann told Axios.
    Nick Halter, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The event is free and open to all who are working for and/or desirous of justice and peace.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The mainstay here will be the use of generative AI to aid humans who are desirous of carrying out a forgive-and-forget.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Pinchpenny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinchpenny. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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