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Recent Examples of anemic
Starmer initially stood up for his deputy, but his support grew more anemic day by day.
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Max Foster, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
The Philly performance could have been the final Wu-Tang Clan concert ever had ticket sales been anemic; now the show will be the end of the group’s first leg of an extended farewell run that will push into 2026.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
One side is anemic and the other side looks reasonably healthy.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2025
If Ball and Miller return without setbacks, Charlotte’s rotation is poised to make a big jump offensively from its anemic production last year (29th in offensive rating).
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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Max Foster, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
The Philly performance could have been the final Wu-Tang Clan concert ever had ticket sales been anemic; now the show will be the end of the group’s first leg of an extended farewell run that will push into 2026.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2025
One side is anemic and the other side looks reasonably healthy.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2025
If Ball and Miller return without setbacks, Charlotte’s rotation is poised to make a big jump offensively from its anemic production last year (29th in offensive rating).
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anemic
Adjective
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The Fisher Protocol, as it was termed, makes vivid the reality that nuclear war, so often spoken of in the bloodless language of tactics and strategy, is unimaginably horrific.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2025
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As far as felonies go, the bloodless armed robbery of drug dealers ranks low on the moral-outrage scale—until a victim catches a glimpse of one assailant’s face.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Five of them will be white balls with numbers from 1 to 70.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Applying coconut or walnut oil can go a long way towards disguising white scratches.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Cinematographer James Friend creates a purgatorial realm of disorienting angles and neon lights too sickly to be beautiful, the nightmarishness further underlined by Volker Bertelman’s thundering score.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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There are some exceptions to this guideline, like when a neighbor allows a sickly tree to decline rather than taking care of the problem.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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During a visit in August with two Times reporters, Mr. Perez’s skin was sallow.—
Aimee Ortiz,
New York Times,
7 Dec. 2023
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An awkward, sallow, provincial, minor army officer, Napoleon, was irresistibly drawn to Joséphine, attracted by her proximity to the most powerful men in France.—
Anne Higonnet,
Vogue,
17 Nov. 2023
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“Anemic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anemic. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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