as in insufficiently
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This is another entry that seems hastily done, insufficiently explained.
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Dougherty led the criminal investigation that found two sources for the fire – an old fire that had been insufficiently smothered and Xcel power lines.
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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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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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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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Her fury at Helios employees being treated so shabbily is matched only by her disbelief at Ger and his crew’s recklessness in allowing the consoles monitoring and controlling all of Happy Valley’s life-support systems and communications with the Titan mission unstaffed.
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But Korean pop music has scantly been recognized in the larger pop or general categories at the Grammys.
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The second involves a woman who had inherited her father's company and was running it competently, dutifully — and miserably.
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The 2025 season ended miserably on all fronts for Johnson.
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“Sparely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sparely. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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