as in careful
giving or sharing as little as possible
closefisted administrators objecting to legitimate office expenses
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Adjective
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The tunnel was built after careful planning and executed with tremendous effort.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026 -
Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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Then, style it with jeans to hit the town for drinks with your closest friends.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
20 May 2026
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Here, over a dozen or so hammocks hang from palm trees, swaying just over the water, close enough to dip your toes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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And with tight refurbishment and decommissioning timelines, along with fire safety and hazardous substance compliance risks, many organizations simply don’t have the time to experiment with circularity techniques and default to funneling recyclable textiles into waste management.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
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Landry’s substantial golden parachute is likely to draw scrutiny from lawmakers and higher education watchdogs as Florida Republicans continue to push universities to demonstrate tighter oversight of spending and administration costs.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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But really, that's pretty selfish.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
15 May 2026
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Artists can be complicated, selfish people, and substance abuse exacerbates these traits for many of them.—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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The reason all of this is happening, probably more than any other, is that clipping is cheap.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Surprisingly the most expensive hairpiece so far has been Attenborough’s, which Fortune reveals was a hybrid of a cheap £20 ($26) wig at the back combined with tens of man-hours knotting individual strands of hair onto a lace front to create the centenarian’s familiar pate.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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The main culprit for labor’s shrinking share of the economic pie is government policy, not greedy corporations.—
Scott Lincicome,
Washington Post,
11 May 2026
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Summers in Florida would not be so hot if lawmakers were not so greedy; developers not so persistent; if land and wildlife weren’t paved for roads, parking lots and housing developments.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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Rob-Will, don’t be mean to our BFF Azul!—
William Earl,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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With a mix of personalities, relationship histories and different forms of dwarfism, the group explores what love, honesty and truly belonging really mean.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Bring a flashlight with spare batteries to hike during the cool evening.—
Hali Smith,
Idaho Statesman,
13 May 2026
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Other things flying up include flexible repair patches for sealing the space station’s hull, a replacement ultrasonic inspection tool, spare units for the station’s vibration monitoring system and parts to improve water processing and oxygen generation.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2026
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“Closefisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closefisted. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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