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True, the 10-year and two-year Treasury bills are safely un-inverted now, but corporate bond spreads relative to Treasuries are tight, offering investors scant upside for additional risk.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
Details are still scant, although we do now know that GTA 6 will be available to pre-order on 25 June, the developer has announced.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026
A red hat here and there, a scant handful of Trump T-shirts, and very little talk of politics at all.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026
But evidence is scant that the higher graduation rates equate to more learning.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
They had tamed the bush, and in return it yielded them their food and their scant living from trap lines and a wood lot, but the struggle to keep it in subjection was endless.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
Vocabulary lists containing scant
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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