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I always get jittery when I have to give a speech.
The latest economic news has made some investors jittery.
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But it’s also directed at an audience that carries far more sway over Trump’s economic agenda than any politician: bond investors, who have grown increasingly jittery in recent months.
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Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
This summer, as newly jittery Americans are marveling at the borderline-offensive cost of European vacations, tightfistedness is a prevailing trend.
—Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 31 May 2025
Those who are especially sensitive to caffeine or have quit it for health reasons might feel jittery, anxious, or experience digestive discomfort, headaches, or insomnia, especially if the coffee was consumed later in the day.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
It’s been nearly, well, 28 years since Danny Boyle gave zombie cinema a jittery digital makeover while irking the Romero faithful with his sprinting hordes of agile infected.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
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Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
This summer, as newly jittery Americans are marveling at the borderline-offensive cost of European vacations, tightfistedness is a prevailing trend.
—Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 31 May 2025
Those who are especially sensitive to caffeine or have quit it for health reasons might feel jittery, anxious, or experience digestive discomfort, headaches, or insomnia, especially if the coffee was consumed later in the day.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
It’s been nearly, well, 28 years since Danny Boyle gave zombie cinema a jittery digital makeover while irking the Romero faithful with his sprinting hordes of agile infected.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
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“Jittery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jittery. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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