shrift

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Other key issues also get short shrift in the page-and-a-half deal.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Investors have given short shrift to U.S. utility giant NextEra Energy’s acquisition of Dominion Energy, punishing its shares since the deal’s announcement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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

Overtures by anyone friendly to these groups—or, God forbid, members of one of them—received short shrift in the poor white sections of Durham.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson