Example Sentences

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The council cannot say how many social-rental homes will be provided, but it is clear that whatever provision there is will be grudging.

From The Guardian • Oct. 14, 2014

And then the hiring will be grudging: Marisa Di Natale, an economist at Moody’s Analytics, predicts that Wall Street will not regain all its lost jobs for more than a decade.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2011