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Noun
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Sanogo said that, when individuals do not have the resources to buy everyday essentials or discretionary luxuries, seeing others treat expensive items casually can create feelings of scarcity, which may lead to envy or resentment.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025 -
The challenge isn’t just scarcity.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Innovation has arisen out of the sparsity of the shells.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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The AlphaEarth Foundations team told IEEE Spectrum that one limitation in Earth observation is the inherent irregularity and sparsity of the data.—
Shannon Cuthrell,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Sep. 2025
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The focus on slimness has fueled speculation about the emergence of phones with no charging ports, a design choice that Apple reportedly considered for the iPhone Air, according to Bloomberg.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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The slimness undoubtedly raises questions about durability.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Reds, in the reddest of ink and starkest of contrasts, have become synonymous with stinginess under Bob Castellini’s ownership.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Petiteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petiteness. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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