as in impoverished
lacking money or material possessions
an area of London where skint punk rockers would hang out
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Numerous aid workers in northern Thailand described widespread panic and confusion following the sudden suspension of aid, especially among those whose work provides life-saving services to some of the world’s most vulnerable and impoverished people on both sides of the border.—
Ivan Watson,
CNN,
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Meanwhile, the sight of an unelected billionaire dismantling an agency that was set up to help the impoverished is already undermining faith in U.S. democracy.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2025
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Cosgrove, a rookie revelation in 2023, is looking to bounce back after a poor 2024 season.—
Dennis Lin,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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But shortly after its release, AT&T dropped the device’s price down to just $0.99 in what was an unmistakable sign of poor sales – and perhaps an indication that consumers didn’t want more Facebook on their phone other than in its app.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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Show creator Natasha Rothwell plays Mel, a broke JFK airport employee who has never been in love.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2025
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They are divided between those who want to travel and leave everything behind, and those who wish to travel but are too broke to do so and those who are already in Egypt and want to return, and those who will return to their homes no matter the conditions.—
Amal Murtaja,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Harper and Ullman said the younger women sometimes looked after elderly, infirm or penniless prisoners.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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One follower gave the movement her life savings before dying of cancer, virtually penniless.—
Michael Rothfeld,
New York Times,
29 Dec. 2024
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Telehealth business Thirty Madison in 2023 bought patient file assets from bankrupt The Pill Club for $23.2 million after acquiring women's health testing startup Nurx the year prior.—
Erin Brodwin,
Axios,
5 Feb. 2025
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The latest war has been catastrophic for the Palestinian people, and that is the culmination of years of bankrupt international policy.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Skint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skint. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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