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as in excitable
easily excited by nature
a jittery person who shouldn't even consider a career as an air traffic controller
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as in worried
feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty
feeling a little jittery before the flight
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Recent Examples of jittery
Finally, the sound reaches the jittery group gathered beneath the marble archways outside the palazzo’s guest villa.
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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Investors hope a strong showing can help sooth jittery markets worried that the continuing climb in Treasury yields will continue to hinder growth names , raise borrowing costs, curb consumer spending and corporate investment.
—Brian Evans,nick Wells, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
If Potter goes early then the failure is down to jittery owners rather than the manager.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Grace provides plenty of comic relief as the jittery prisoner who manages to make snarky wisecracks even while on the verge of dying.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Investors hope a strong showing can help sooth jittery markets worried that the continuing climb in Treasury yields will continue to hinder growth names , raise borrowing costs, curb consumer spending and corporate investment.
—Brian Evans,nick Wells, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025
If Potter goes early then the failure is down to jittery owners rather than the manager.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Grace provides plenty of comic relief as the jittery prisoner who manages to make snarky wisecracks even while on the verge of dying.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jittery
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Star is probably the most excitable person in the history of the show.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Something that had been anticipated for a while finally went down Wednesday night, adding to the already excitable atmosphere pulsating throughout Crypto.com Arena.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2025
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About 47 million people faced an enhanced to moderate severe storm threat from Madison, Wis., to Birmingham, Ala. Forecasters grew increasingly worried that intense thunderstorms farther south will likely bring an even greater tornado threat Saturday.—
Sean Murphy and Russ Bynum,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
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That’s going to be important because many people are worried about the health of the consumer.—
Adam Sarhan,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Mitch [Hurwitz, the show creator] was very nervous.—
Aaron Couch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Mar. 2025
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Trump won't be on the ballot again, but this week had to make a lot of Republicans who will be very nervous.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
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Jacob Tremblay plays Winston's anxious stepson Wade.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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In a time when many workers are anxious about what AI means for their roles, leaders who speak to both the potential and the limits of AI are earning deeper trust and keeping their teams engaged.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Men’s Pro Singles Recap The venue was rocked by a huge upset on Thursday afternoon, when 16-yr old Floridian No. 40 seed John Lucian Goins shocked the No. 1 seed Ben Johns in the quarters.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Was this one of those days for an unthinkable upset?—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2025
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The film follows Ne Zha, a demon child raised by humans, who must embark on a perilous quest to obtain an elixir to restore the body of his uneasy ally, the dragon prince Ao Bing.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2025
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Some medical and public-health institutions have settled into an uneasy détente with smoking alternatives.—
Carrie Battan,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Which forces Plankton and his old nemesis SpongeBob (Tom Kenny) to team up to save Bikini Bottom—and possibly even repair Plankton and Karen’s troubled relationship along the way.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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An arguably even bigger moment came in a landmark Los Angeles court case that showed how state laws had the effect of steering inexperienced and troubled teachers to public schools in the poorest neighborhoods — the ones that need the strongest teachers the most.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Jittery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jittery. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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