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To solve the problem of sparse liquidity, the LSE needs the help of a broader cultural shift in the U.K.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Soccer Federation backed in a sparse post on X.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

To be sure, the session was looking volatile even before the Fed released its decision to leave interest-rates on hold, coupled with another now-characteristically sparse policy statement at 2 p.m.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

A "Great American State Fair" in the capital designed as a celebration of the country's birthday has drawn sparse crowds and widespread mockery for its empty booths.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Wambui s hair was now in short Iocs, which Ifemelu did not like; she thought them sparse and dull, unflattering to Wambui’s pretty face.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The path of totality of the Aug. 12 solar eclipse will sweep across much of Spain, but Basque Country, in the north, is our pick for sparser crowds and plenty to do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

However, Williams said, there are important differences between regions where fires erupt in forests with abundant vegetation fuel and regions like Southern California, where fires often burn through sparser shrubs and grasses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025

Since then, not much is known of her personal life and her film appearances have grown sparser.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024

While experts had previously speculated that Gigantopithecus was driven to extinction as their preferred forest habitats became sparser, the known fossils of the ape lacked defined dates to test the idea.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 10, 2024

The value of what he brought in body shopping was going to go down as food became sparser.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

It’s a volcanic buildup of a song, from the sparsest ticking electronics to a hard-rock stomp to a full-scale pileup of guitars, drums and horns.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

In this case, the error is making a call based on the sparsest of evidence.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 15, 2021

At the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, security officers reported some of the sparsest crowds they’ve seen as they prepared to shutter the popular museum Friday.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2020

The more successful moments, at least from a purely musical standpoint, were the sparsest: a solo piano performance by John Legend, and a similarly scaled delivery by Taylor Swift, before she shifted into hair-tossing bombast.

From Chicago Tribune ● Jan. 27, 2014

It’s the sparsest bed I’ve ever seen: small and pale yellow with a sheet, a topsheet, and one pillow.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini