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Large single-family landlords have become fussier about where they want to own property and how much they pay.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

Parlakian said parents should expect babies who experience the effects of the fires to be disregulated, fussier, and harder to soothe.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2025

In contrast, those people are fussier and more frivolous, and there's ostensibly humor to be found in plumbing those differences.

From Salon Jul. 16, 2021

Panela is fussier and less predictable than table sugar, Mr. Quintero explained, because it contains all the components of the cane juice, not all of which can be adjusted.

From New York Times Jan. 26, 2021

Oh, as you see, as you see, a little older and a little fussier, Suzanne, making other people's troubles my own.

From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore