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In October, the U.S. is expected to show a scanty 59,0000 increase in new jobs, economists polled by the Wall Street Journal said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

“My success in life has not been derived from superior abilities, or extensive knowledge, a very small and scanty share of either having fallen to my lot,” Willing wrote in a short autobiography in 1786.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Reliable data is scanty, but experts point to a 2009 government estimate of an export "capacity" of 800 tonnes -- enough to make the trade highly lucrative.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

While a few successful experiments had been reported by hobbyists in Australia and Germany, details were scanty.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025

A queer stifling feeling came over them, as if the air were too thin or too scanty for breathing.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

The book does this as well, though often, Huberman will include a qualifier, disavowing responsibility after sharing evidence that’s scantier than you might like.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

“Less prominent victims of Chinese censorship would have scantier chances of redress.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2021

Data on the efficacy of sugar taxes are scantier, but the available evidence shows that they, too, lower consumption.

From Economist ● Jul. 26, 2018

This means less room for others who might be seeking psychiatric care, while at the same time, states have cut billions from mental health, leaving even scantier outpatient systems.

From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2017

In such cases, however, a tract, before of no utility to man, may be reclaimed, and become of high agricultural importance, though it may, nevertheless, yield a scantier vegetation.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

The Seahawks still have the scantiest of playoff hopes remaining — less than 0.1% according to FiveThirtyEight.com.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2021

He makes assertions with the scantiest of proof, but delivered with utter certainty.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2016

And they made only the scantiest mention of any history of disputation.

From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2012

On the scantiest of evidence, scholars espoused the idea that ancient Greek athletes were all “amateurs” who competed without reward except for wreaths.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2012

It rent the hearts of those at home to hear that their soldiers were forced to march barefooted in the snow and live for weeks on the scantiest allowance.

From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Mathew Joseph Holt