stodgy
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They are no longer stodgy arrangements used by the uber-wealthy to wall off their money.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
The equal-weight index is off to one of its best starts to a year in decades as stodgy stocks get rediscovered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
Stingingly, the article shows readers some examples of Hitler’s own work, the rather stodgy and static products of a draftsman who aspires to art.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025
Once again Pakistan's fragile and stodgy top order failed to muster the runs which would prove a real challenge to their Indian counterparts.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025
Rumor had it that the peanut butter maker’s husband—a stodgy, surly type—shut down the factory after his wife’s death, purely out of spite.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
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