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as in aggressive
feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
she was a scrappy girl despite—or, perhaps, because of—her small size
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as in controversial
given to arguing
a pair of scrappy movie critics who can never agree on anything
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Recent Examples of scrappy
More than any one sketch in the early days, what distinguished the show was its irreverence towards itself and its willingness to release scrappy and unfinished work when everything else on TV was so polished.
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Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Many workers see the unionization of stage crews as long overdue, noting that the sector has come a long way from its scrappy origins.
—Michael Paulson, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
If a group of scrappy wrestlers agree to compete in a private match held in an isolated, massive house, a major payday awaits.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
The Clippers are no longer the scrappy underdog without high expectations or Kawhi Leonard for a single game before January.
—Law Murray, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Many workers see the unionization of stage crews as long overdue, noting that the sector has come a long way from its scrappy origins.
—Michael Paulson, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
If a group of scrappy wrestlers agree to compete in a private match held in an isolated, massive house, a major payday awaits.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
The Clippers are no longer the scrappy underdog without high expectations or Kawhi Leonard for a single game before January.
—Law Murray, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrappy
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With her outfit switched up to a leather bustier and hot pants combo, Lizzo enjoys being the center off attention until her high starts to turn and the once-friendly dancers get aggressive, things get a bit blurry and the faces around her get zombie-fied.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
28 Feb. 2025
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With Oklahoma City, currently the best and most aggressive defense in the league by a wide margin, there isn’t just one candidate.—
Shane Young,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Between something that felt safer, more glamorous and more crowd pleasing, versus something that was a bit more potentially controversial, or something that some people might understand or not understand.—
Alison Edmond,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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But to partially offset the cost, the House makes a different, highly controversial assumption: Extending the TCJA, improving government efficiency, and adopting unspecified changes to federal regulations would raise $2.6 trillion over the next 10 years by boosting economic growth.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The militant group has said that the move would affect the remaining hostages as well.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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In December, a coalition of opposition fighters led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took over cities and eventually Damascus as regime forces retreated.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
7 Mar. 2025
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Focus on jail incident One of Johnston’s most contentious moments came when Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, asked him about an incident last week involving immigration authorities’ arrest of a man in the parking lot of a Denver jail.—
Elliott Wenzler,
The Denver Post,
5 Mar. 2025
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European stocks are heading for a higher open on Wednesday amid optimism that U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% duties on Canada and Mexico could be relaxed, with investors also paying attention to the potential reform of Germany’s contentious debt brake system.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2025
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The set-up has grown increasingly hostile over time, and became an impassible roadblock when the Lerner family tried to sell the Nationals back in 2022.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Prince overcame the hostile environment and kept TCU afloat during the first quarter when the Horned Frogs struggled to find their footing offensively.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Another type of hyperpigmentation that kojic acid can help with is melasma—a stubborn and hard-to-treat skin condition characterized by splotchy, brown or grayish patches.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
4 Mar. 2025
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Like this Fire sign, Drizella is unapologetically stubborn and impatience, believing she is entitled to nothing but the best.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Prominent among that group is folksy Mr. Peanut (Woody Harrelson), feisty baseball-shooting Popfly (Brian Cox) and perky U.S. Postal Service bot Penny Pal (Jenny Slate).—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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Flinty and feisty and sharp and attractive aromas of both green grass and pineapples.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrappy. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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