shrift

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JAC’s role manufacturing the Maextro gets short shrift in the luxury car’s marketing, just as Apple doesn’t tell customers who manufactures its devices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Like most of the band’s biographers, Spitz gives short shrift to the post-“Exile” period after 1972.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Executives hoping for a sympathetic hearing for underwhelming numbers this earnings season are likely to receive short shrift and might have to brace for a stock tumble.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

On Newcastle's Metro Radio from 1973-80, he set the template for phone-ins that gave callers short shrift.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

At the time, however, my report was given short shrift because of another related report with greater ramifications.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela