as in to save
to avoid unnecessary waste or expense
in tough times people learn how to economize
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Recent Examples of economize
All four of them sewed—my mother and her sister-in-law, to economize on dresses for themselves and their daughters.
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Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the utilities, the PUC and Gov. Gavin Newsom were also taking further action to discourage rooftop solar, the single-most efficient way homeowners and public schools can economize on electricity costs.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Hotels and airlines are increasingly catering to high-dollar customers, who’ve been expanding their holiday travel plans while lower-income ones economize.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
With profitability in mind, Illumination and DreamWorks Animation have found ways to economize production costs.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
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Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, the utilities, the PUC and Gov. Gavin Newsom were also taking further action to discourage rooftop solar, the single-most efficient way homeowners and public schools can economize on electricity costs.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Hotels and airlines are increasingly catering to high-dollar customers, who’ve been expanding their holiday travel plans while lower-income ones economize.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
With profitability in mind, Illumination and DreamWorks Animation have found ways to economize production costs.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for economize
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To say that is an insult to the years of painful work my wife has done to save herself.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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America’s millionaires are now mostly on the coasts, in states with expensive real estate and high income jobs that generate more possibilities to save and invest.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
16 May 2025
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In Dubai, a hotel uses AI to dynamically adjust water pressure and temperature in real time, conserving millions of liters annually.—
Dan Drogman,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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The radioisotope power generators that keep them running gradually weaken each year, forcing NASA to recently shut down instruments and heaters to conserve energy in order to push the spacecrafts' systems beyond their limits.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
15 May 2025
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The conventional wisdom is that the startup sector has been spared the impacts of tariffs because startups are often service providers in tech, software, web, crypto, AI etc.—
Nish Acharya,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Trails need help—money, time, energy—that many working Americans do not have the ability to spare.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside Online,
12 May 2025
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“Economize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economize. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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