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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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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 19 Jan. 2026
This is a complete, scrappy, clever, tough team.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Jan. 2026
This saw Wang become LeCun’s manager and signaled Zuckerberg’s desire to bring on a scrappier and more entrepreneurial AI lead, so that Meta could move faster in the AI space.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2026
At my old gym, a scrappy Muay Thai spot that has since closed, the trainers saw me on my best days and my worst.
—Jackie Snow, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Indiana has The Middle, a scrappy single-cam about a family that always seems to have the sink going out or the above-ground pool turning into a mudhole.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 19 Jan. 2026
This is a complete, scrappy, clever, tough team.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Jan. 2026
This saw Wang become LeCun’s manager and signaled Zuckerberg’s desire to bring on a scrappier and more entrepreneurial AI lead, so that Meta could move faster in the AI space.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2026
At my old gym, a scrappy Muay Thai spot that has since closed, the trainers saw me on my best days and my worst.
—Jackie Snow, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for scrappy
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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