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punchy

[puhn-chee] / ˈpʌn tʃi /
ADJECTIVE
dizzy
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Price, in conjunction with fellow analysts Duncan Hay and Ashley Kielty, set out his case for copper in a report published Tuesday with the punchy title, “Copper…. Better than gold.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

From fast-paced World War II history to a slow-burn rescue in rural Wyoming, along with an art-world mystery and a punchy look at modern America, you’ll find something to galvanize your bedside book stack.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Reviews weren't allowed - but let's just say the new material, with its distorted guitars and punchy drums, sounded even better live.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

You’re punchy, you’re loosened up, you’re not being so edited or controlled.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

The dogs were slipping on punchy snow, snow that was mostly ice.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Herbs: bright, fecund, verdant, elevating our food with both flavor and color, guiding us from heavy comfort foods into a punchier, lighter category of cuisine.

From Salon Apr. 3, 2025

Labour's new leader here relishes the public stage and appears determined to have a punchier presence.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2024

There is a choice of a fuel-conscious, non-turbocharged 191-horsepower four-cylinder engine or a punchier 281-horsepower turbo-four available in higher trims.

From Seattle Times Oct. 18, 2023

One was slower and long-form, the other punchier, for singing after touchdowns.

From Washington Post Aug. 13, 2022

It has now been replaced by a much punchier script, delivered in a tropical palette of gradient colors — turquoise, pink and gold — all placed beneath the image of a setting sun.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2021

“GNX,” one of the rapper’s punchiest, most concise releases, is his fifth to get a nod for album of the year—though he has never taken home the trophy.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, 2025

“Johnson is able to convey the largeness of human experience through the tiniest, punchiest sentences.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 5, 2025

In more ways than one, Bairstow is the great survivor of English cricket and there is genuine affection towards him from all areas of the game, even if he is the media's punchiest sparring partner.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2024

Our panel agreed that this was the punchiest tomato element on any of the pies, but Vaughn pronounced it too sweet, “the Lunchables of frozen pizza.”

From New York Times Jan. 31, 2023

She nodded, then hit me with the gut punchiest of all gut punches.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds




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