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Adjective (2)
she was a scrappy girl despite—or, perhaps, because of—her small size
a pair of scrappy movie critics who can never agree on anything
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 10 June 2024
But hard-nosed, scrappy journalism is a cherished tradition in Britain, where broadsheets and tabloids have battled it out for decades, often on budgets dwarfed by American rivals.
—Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 8 June 2024
Miss the days when Goldenvoice was a scrappy punk promoter booking shows with the funds from founder Gary Tovar’s weed dealing?
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
Uncertainty about Western sanctions has led many Chinese buyers, previously unwilling to order from scrappy startups, to turn to domestic chipmakers.
—Sihao Huang, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2023
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Adjective
Patel’s directorial debut follows a scrappy amateur boxer who fights through the fictional city of Yatana to avenge his mother’s death.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 10 June 2024
But hard-nosed, scrappy journalism is a cherished tradition in Britain, where broadsheets and tabloids have battled it out for decades, often on budgets dwarfed by American rivals.
—Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 8 June 2024
Miss the days when Goldenvoice was a scrappy punk promoter booking shows with the funds from founder Gary Tovar’s weed dealing?
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
Uncertainty about Western sanctions has led many Chinese buyers, previously unwilling to order from scrappy startups, to turn to domestic chipmakers.
—Sihao Huang, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2023
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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