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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
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Even so, the general picture of a mother’s absence and a daughter’s understandable resentment at having had to pick up the maternal slack in penurious conditions comes through loud and clear.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
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Enormous numbers of them have been uprooted from a satisfactory social position by war, revolution and inflation, and thrust out to seek an uncertain and penurious existence. . . .Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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But neither can anyone seriously accuse the United States of being ungenerous with its citizens’ lives and treasure or of having no ideals.Joshua Landis, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2016
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This is the problem with the show: These women are just concocting reasons why the people on the other side suck, and it’s become the most uncharitable, the most ungenerous thing on Bravo.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 July 2024
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Under Mike Ashley, the Premier League’s financial fair play (FFP) regulations — which permit losses of up to £105m over a rolling three-year period — were never an issue given his parsimonious nature.Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 30 June 2024
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To articulate its outlines sufficiently is, almost by definition, to spill past time, to run counter to the withholding, parsimonious control that has characterized the Obamas all along.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2024
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Smart Care can free up valuable storage space, an important function considering most Macs come with miserly amounts of storage.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Sneak-peek images of the one-time-only giveaway souvenirs had quickly been met with ridicule online for their ultra-minimalist design — seen by some as one last miserly indignity directed at a loyal fanbase.Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
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Warm feelings fueled by the wonder and kindness of the season, inspired by the transformative and timeless experiences of Ebenezer Scrooge who changed from a selfish, penny-pinching grouch, into a generous, happy and altruistic person.Eric C. Shuster, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
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The high price for Yoon’s selfish martial law debacle will be paid over time, in installments, by South Korea’s 51 million people.William Pesek, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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He was tapped to star in the 1979 basketball comedy The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, which survived uncharitable reviews to become a cult classic over the years.David Aldridge, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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Know your audience, an excitable kind of reader informs the author of a piece that fails to flatter his pretensions or reinforce her most uncharitable assumptions about her political opponents.Noah Rothman, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
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How Brunson navigates physical, stingy opposing defenses this season will be critical in the Knicks’ pursuit of an elusive NBA title.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Valve has also been stingy with VR AAA titles, delivering only Half-Life: Alyx and leaving the industry waiting for the next bestseller title.Anshel Sag, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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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 22 Dec. 2024.
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