as in scantily
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Recent Examples of meagerly
Limón would like to see the state stop subsidizing corporations who pay so meagerly that their employees qualify for Medi-Cal.
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Anita Chabria,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.
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Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
1 Sep. 2025
Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
Anita Chabria,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.
—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
1 Sep. 2025
Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.
—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meagerly
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More state complaints and a lawsuit have been filed in the last two weeks against a Boca Raton psychiatrist accused of asking female patients to dress scantily and show their breasts during video appointments.
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The job post comes from Joi, which hosts a large catalog of online chatbots, many of them scantily clad women.
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Meanwhile, the share of vote-by-mail ballots dropped slightly.
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And all gave slightly different advice.
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Peace under these conditions is little more than a postponement of hostilities, and the risks of appeasement are always high.
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In 2024, Joe Biden sailed to the Democratic presidential nomination after a primary process that was little more than a formality, with the Florida Democratic Party even cancelling its primary in March to anoint Biden.
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At least some of these colonies had become nominally British in the 1760s, thanks to military triumph late in the Seven Years’ War, 1756-1763.
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In that instance, the notorious Cold War-era Romanian despot was quickly executed (with his wife) by military top brass while his former elites went on to run things under a nominally democratic system.
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“Meagerly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meagerly. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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