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I always get jittery when I have to give a speech.
The latest economic news has made some investors jittery.
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Meanwhile, Grace provides plenty of comic relief as the jittery prisoner who manages to make snarky wisecracks even while on the verge of dying.
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Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer figured out that at low temperatures, a material’s jittery atomic lattice quiets down, so more delicate effects come through.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
In the fall of 1856, a jittery, fractious republic girded itself for a presidential election that would decide its fate.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
This will likely do little to calm a jittery public.
—Michael Wilson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer figured out that at low temperatures, a material’s jittery atomic lattice quiets down, so more delicate effects come through.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
In the fall of 1856, a jittery, fractious republic girded itself for a presidential election that would decide its fate.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
This will likely do little to calm a jittery public.
—Michael Wilson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Jittery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jittery. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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