paltry

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The top performing sectors during these periods were healthcare and consumer-discretionary stocks like restaurants, delivering relatively paltry returns of 0.29% and 0.31% a month, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

But no candidate ever had much more than a paltry 20% support; for all the heavy breathing, the race was always pretty much a multi-candidate tie.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Then, one day in July 2022, the Knicks signed an undersized point guard named Jalen Brunson to a relatively paltry $104 million contract.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

"It's a paltry sum when you think about the number of households on heating oil," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

I lick my lips, already thirsty, and hunch beneath the paltry shade of the Jack tree to consider my predicament.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir