pluckier; pluckiest
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Over thousands of years of history, our propaganda has repeatedly sought to portray ourselves as the plucky underdogs, surviving against huge physical odds by marshaling our intelligence and native cunning against the brute forces of nature.
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Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
This isn’t a plucky 250 trying to punch above its weight.
—New Atlas, 17 Feb. 2026
In Comulate’s telling, Applied and Hellman & Friedman are monopolistic predators that use their market dominance to crush plucky upstarts seeking to build products on top of Epic.
—John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
McAdams plays the plucky Linda Liddle, a valuable but unnoticed asset to making the wheels turn at a consulting firm as a strategy and planning exec.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
This isn’t a plucky 250 trying to punch above its weight.
—New Atlas, 17 Feb. 2026
In Comulate’s telling, Applied and Hellman & Friedman are monopolistic predators that use their market dominance to crush plucky upstarts seeking to build products on top of Epic.
—John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
McAdams plays the plucky Linda Liddle, a valuable but unnoticed asset to making the wheels turn at a consulting firm as a strategy and planning exec.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for plucky
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“Plucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plucky. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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