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Recent Examples of anemic
Notably, 5,000 BTUs or less can be anemic for larger spaces.
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Indeed, after annual revisions, payroll growth averaged just 15,000 jobs per month in 2025, anemic by any historical standard outside a recession.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
On top of the anemic gains, Daco has another worry.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
But the print edition is a shadow of its former self, with metro, style, and sports melded into an anemic second section; daily print circulation is now below one hundred thousand.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Indeed, after annual revisions, payroll growth averaged just 15,000 jobs per month in 2025, anemic by any historical standard outside a recession.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
On top of the anemic gains, Daco has another worry.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
But the print edition is a shadow of its former self, with metro, style, and sports melded into an anemic second section; daily print circulation is now below one hundred thousand.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anemic
Adjective
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But now, with the bloodless spectacle of a button being pushed to prompt a computer to decide the league-phase fixtures, then variables for the knockouts limited to deciding which of two pre-determined teams the winners of the play-offs would face, the old way actually seems quite diverting.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Understanding brain stroke Evolutionary evidence suggests that birds inherited these bloodless retinas from their dinosaur ancestors to provide superior visual clarity.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Popular choices include simple carbohydrates like cereal, granola, white bread, or pastries.—
Desireé Oostland,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2026
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How to play Mega Millions Player can pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers — five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Mall).—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Planting too early in the season when the soil is cool might result in a sickly plant all season long or seeds that won't germinate.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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Cupid and Psyche 85, in its sickly plastic way, is a profoundly uplifting record.—
Andy Cush,
Pitchfork,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Skin color was not black, observed Roggeveen, but pale yellow or sallow.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Additionally, my under-eyes look less sallow and my wrinkles (one horizontally across the forehead and two laugh lines) are not as deep.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Anemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anemic. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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