seedy
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This does not mean that companies doing seedy, speculative things won’t be included in the S&P 500.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
Capp notes, "Even in London's seedy underworld, a hat felt essential."
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Pinball was once considered immoral, a countercultural pursuit to be played in seedy spaces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
"I felt really seedy negotiating with them, but I was in so much pain, I just had no choice," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
When one of his agents was questioning a seedy local attorney—who, according to an informant, was trying to “strangle” the government’s probe—the attorney betrayed a shocking knowledge of the inner workings of the case.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Vocabulary lists containing seedy
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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