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meager

[mee-ger] / ˈmi gər /




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“There still hasn’t been this kind of reckoning in a serious way,” Meager said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

It was tested in Canada's Athabasca glacier and Mount Meager volcano.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2023

Meager rations were provided, and all but the sickest were expected to toil at menial jobs to generate revenue, either on the premises or at factories.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2021

Meager funding of healthcare, at just 1.6% of India’s GDP, is less, proportionately, than what Laos or Ethiopia spends.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021

Meager and bare the furnishings, But hospitality that kings Might well dispense, transmutes to gold, The welcome given young and old.

From Songs Ysame by Bacon, Albion Fellows




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