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Recent Examples of costive
In fact, their writings are more pungent now that they have been liberated from the costive confines of the movement.
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Jacob Heilbrunn, The New Republic, 23 Jan. 2020
Movies coiled up in other movies have a habit of becoming either costive or cute, but somehow Falardeau avoids the traps.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
Jacob Heilbrunn, The New Republic, 23 Jan. 2020
Movies coiled up in other movies have a habit of becoming either costive or cute, but somehow Falardeau avoids the traps.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for costive
Adjective
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But both are gone because neither could make magic of Sherman’s low-spending model that still includes the most penurious payroll in MLB in 2025.—
Greg Cote
July 16,
Miami Herald,
16 July 2025
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Those who are approved must cope with notoriously unreliable in-home nursing, a byproduct of the state’s penurious reimbursement rates.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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At least with Derrick, the shallowness seems intentional, if ungenerous.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
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But, even though there was nothing the slightest bit ungracious or ungenerous about her performance, it was felt more like the audience being asked to come to her.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Wimpy was a mild-mannered, soft-spoken, lazy, parsimonious, and utterly gluttonous hamburger-wolfing straight man to Popeye.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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Both parsimonious tenets are measurable, explainable and actionable.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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The miserly email account offerings are particularly limiting for larger ventures, and unusual for the category which typically offers unlimited email.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
16 June 2025
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The Athletics, despite their miserly ways, have a strong foundation of young players — Silver Slugger Brent Rooker, Lawrence Butler, Jacob Wilson, JJ Bleday, Shea Langeliers, Zack Gelof, and this year’s #4 pick in the draft, Nick Kurtz.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In this story, the father’s behavior is exemplary and mothers (more than one) are selfish with bad habits who don’t act to their children’s benefit.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
14 July 2025
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The removal of living beings from their natural environment, along with the massive scale of human intervention, can be just as pernicious as the instinctive and selfish destruction that is often overlooked.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Yet for wealthy donors, who now account for the majority of charitable giving, the Senate bill is decidedly uncharitable.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
3 July 2025
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Suggesting that a white male president of a certain age hears a piece of bad news and drops dead in the Oval seemed uncharitable.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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The Lynx remain the class of the Western Conference with a 19-4 record, owning both the second-best offense (84.9 points per game) and the league's stingiest defense (allowing just 75.3 points per game).—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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However, the Switch 2 upgrade path has proven to be quite stingy.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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Every year, a complacent, tightfisted city council turned down the recommendations.—
Margaret Talbot,
The New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2023
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Kotick played the tightfisted owner of the Oakland A’s.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
31 May 2023
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“Costive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/costive. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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