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Adjective (2)
she was a scrappy girl despite—or, perhaps, because of—her small size
a pair of scrappy movie critics who can never agree on anything
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Based on Dennis Tafoya’s 2009 novel of the same name, Dope Thief starts strong and moves with the scrappy, fight-or-flight confidence of its protagonist, Ray.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
The Philadelphia setting foregrounds inner-city row houses, scrappy corner stores, and nondescript citizens just trying to go about their business — a working-class vision of a blue collar town.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
What began as a scrappy solution to a personal problem turned into a multi-billion-dollar global platform.
—Natasha Cox, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
This would be an interesting matchup as the Tigers are a very scrappy team.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Based on Dennis Tafoya’s 2009 novel of the same name, Dope Thief starts strong and moves with the scrappy, fight-or-flight confidence of its protagonist, Ray.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
The Philadelphia setting foregrounds inner-city row houses, scrappy corner stores, and nondescript citizens just trying to go about their business — a working-class vision of a blue collar town.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
What began as a scrappy solution to a personal problem turned into a multi-billion-dollar global platform.
—Natasha Cox, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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