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as in cheap
costing little
for the party I want chintzy plates that we can throw away afterward
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as in careful
giving or sharing as little as possible
her husband can be pretty chintzy when it comes to buying gifts for others
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Recent Examples of chintzy
Soto bought his scratch-off ticket in the $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR LIFE SPECTACULAR, and the game has a not-so-chintzy $1 million as its second-tier prize.
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
But Sly did something ingenious, playing those chintzy drum samples off the beat, massaging them into something revelatory.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
That was instead given the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award, a chintzy pat on the head cooked up for last year’s Globes ceremony.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
The pieces include sweet drapey sweaters, pants and bodysuits dotted with prints straight from chintzy childhood blankets, as well as kittens cozied up together on a silk skirt.
—Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 28 Mar. 2025
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
But Sly did something ingenious, playing those chintzy drum samples off the beat, massaging them into something revelatory.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
That was instead given the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement award, a chintzy pat on the head cooked up for last year’s Globes ceremony.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
The pieces include sweet drapey sweaters, pants and bodysuits dotted with prints straight from chintzy childhood blankets, as well as kittens cozied up together on a silk skirt.
—Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chintzy
Adjective
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Once delivered, framing and panel assembly are faster and cheaper than conventional builds—cutting structural build time by 40% and labor costs by 20%.—
Jennifer Castenson,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Three or four people to one cabin was far cheaper than the same number of people booking three or four plane tickets to get to Spain.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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The review process is careful for a reason – and perhaps the only real method of speeding it up is the one Zeldin has proposed: reassigning staff so there are more people to share the work.—
Jeffrey Gore,
The Conversation,
14 May 2025
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From examining markets and assessing team capacity to reviewing current offerings, the decision to expand to a second storefront is one that requires careful consideration before any concrete plans are put in motion.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Providing access to very basic cooling measures is an overall inexpensive way to keep people safe and has the side benefit of economic efficiency.—
The Editors,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Plastic: Lightweight and inexpensive, plastic stakes lack durability.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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The Ultraman of the comics would need a whole lot of convincing to help A.R.G.U.S. or anyone else to work for something other than his own selfish designs; not to mention doing it while hiding his identity.—
Michileen Martin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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What Pete Rose did was selfish, illicit, shameful, crooked.—
John Nogowski,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2025
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There is a very reasonable bet that something like this happens.—
Sam Vecenie,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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This level needs to be reasonable and proportionate to the risk.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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But the approval process has been slow, the discounts vary from carrier to carrier, the requirements coming from insurers don’t always match the state’s own standards and the savings on offer are, according to some, miserly.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2025
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Newcastle's player sale profits were miserly for years until June 2024 Profit on player sales from 2014 to 2024 (£millions) Column chart of Newcastle United profit on player sales, where club record £69.8m in 2023-24 far outweigh what came before.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The brand makes our favorite down comforter, the best budget bamboo sheets, and the best affordable linen sheets.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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For amenities, vibrancy, and affordable property, Thessaloniki—Greece’s second city—is worth your attention.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Much of the savings in Medicaid, the federal-state health care program called Medi-Cal in California, would come from tighter work requirements.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2025
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The 10-member group has been tasked with providing recommendations to the council on ways to relieve the city’s tight housing market.—
Grace Hurt,
Arkansas Online,
22 May 2025
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“Chintzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chintzy. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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