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as in greedy
having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions
very young children tend to be grabby and often refuse to share
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as in noticeable
likely to attract attention
a tabloid that invariably favors grabby headlines, even for underwhelming stories
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Recent Examples of grabby
And six-piston Brembo front brake calipers endow the V with a firmer and more responsive brake pedal, though its initial bite comes off as a bit too grabby for our tastes.
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Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 13 June 2022
Choosing products with grabby, unusual packaging is another winning strategy.
—Andrew Weaver, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2020
In certain regen settings, this can make the brakes feel grabby toward the end of a stop, particularly with the M Sport brakes, which have more initial bite and 14.7-inch front rotors instead of 13.7-inchers.
—Dan Edmunds and Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 29 July 2022
The film has a grabby premise, lightly fictionalizing the story of the pre-fame Whitney Houston, here named Beauty (Gracie Marie Bradley).
—Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022
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Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 13 June 2022
Choosing products with grabby, unusual packaging is another winning strategy.
—Andrew Weaver, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2020
In certain regen settings, this can make the brakes feel grabby toward the end of a stop, particularly with the M Sport brakes, which have more initial bite and 14.7-inch front rotors instead of 13.7-inchers.
—Dan Edmunds and Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 29 July 2022
The film has a grabby premise, lightly fictionalizing the story of the pre-fame Whitney Houston, here named Beauty (Gracie Marie Bradley).
—Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grabby
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Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.Dividend Channel, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Season 1 framed the tournament as a straightforward allegory for the punishing trap of financial distress, rendering even the greediest characters as sympathetic to an extent.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2024
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And perhaps the most noticeable change: BMW eliminated the traditional gauge cluster in the dash in favor of a customizable digital version projected onto the windshield.Abigail Bassett, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
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Erivo has long been synonymous with her nails—but her manicures were especially noticeable while promoting Wicked.Robyn Merrett, StyleCaster, 5 Jan. 2025
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Become An Online Course Creator People around the world are eager to pay for expertise specifically in areas like coding and web development, marketing, artificial intelligence and generative AI, and other areas of personal development.Rachel Wells, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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Barca were dominant, gave no concessions to their lower-league hosts, were eager to attack, and pressed high after losing the ball.Laia Cervelló Herrero, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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Penn State, now 34-7 over the past three seasons, has to this point been largely hovering in the background, nationally relevant but not nationally prominent.Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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The three larger nurseries, prominent plant suppliers to nurseries and individuals for more than 40 years, have been donating some of their rare and unique plants to botanic gardens and other growers as well.Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Some carried the black flag of the mercenary Wagner Group, notorious for its brutality in Ukraine and Africa.Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Here, Isaac plays a man with dissociative identity disorder, giving us not one but three distinct characters: mercenary Mark Spector, British gift shop employee Steven Grant, and the mysterious—and seemingly ominous—Jake Lockley.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 19 Nov. 2024
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The role required Kapoor to maintain a commanding physical presence throughout filming.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Dec. 2024
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Herbert capitalized on the good field position and hit rookie wide receiver Ladd McConkey for a six-yard touchdown to go up 17-0. While the Chargers took a commanding lead, Maye left the sidelines temporarily in the first quarter to be checked for a concussion.Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2024
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The condition for the survival of an acquisitive society is twofold.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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The synergies that acquisitive CEOs routinely promise often fail to materialize, but in this instance there was never any realistic prospect for synergies.Martin Fridson, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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That would add another dramatic twist to a story that is full of surprises.John Brandon, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Yet on Friday, Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan president who has overseen his country’s dramatic decline — including runaway inflation, blackouts, hunger, mass migration and the unraveling of the nation’s democracy — was sworn in for a third term in office.Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Grabby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grabby. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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