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Adjective (2)
she was a scrappy girl despite—or, perhaps, because of—her small size
a pair of scrappy movie critics who can never agree on anything
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 July 2024
Knicks, please don’t trade away scrappy players for prima donnas like Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, etc.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
Debra Walton makes a great first impression as spunky, scrappy young Ella, drawing pathos and big laughs in equal measure.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
But attention-seizing tactics wouldn't matter if the Milwaukee band wasn't a master of catchy, scrappy, shapeshifting garage rock.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2024
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Adjective
The company surged more than 1,700% during one stretch in January 2021, and the stock’s stratospheric rise appeared to pit scrappy individual investors against sophisticated hedge funds that were heavily shorting the troubled mall retailer.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 July 2024
Knicks, please don’t trade away scrappy players for prima donnas like Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, etc.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
Debra Walton makes a great first impression as spunky, scrappy young Ella, drawing pathos and big laughs in equal measure.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
But attention-seizing tactics wouldn't matter if the Milwaukee band wasn't a master of catchy, scrappy, shapeshifting garage rock.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2024
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 9 Jul. 2024.
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