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
Hotels and airlines are increasingly catering to high-dollar customers, who’ve been expanding their holiday travel plans while lower-income ones economize.
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J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Healthcare providers can consider investing in the development of new, high-value treatments and technological approaches that improve outcomes while economizing on long-term costs, such as innovative practices that use minimally invasive surgical strategies.
—Shakeel Ahmed, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
All four of them sewed—my mother and her sister-in-law, to economize on dresses for themselves and their daughters.
—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
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J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Healthcare providers can consider investing in the development of new, high-value treatments and technological approaches that improve outcomes while economizing on long-term costs, such as innovative practices that use minimally invasive surgical strategies.
—Shakeel Ahmed, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
All four of them sewed—my mother and her sister-in-law, to economize on dresses for themselves and their daughters.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for economize
Verb
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According to The Vail Daily, volunteer rescuers across Colorado responded to at least four missions during June to save dogs.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside Online,
1 July 2025
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In the year 2025, when an ex-Packers great in Aaron Rodgers is trying to save Pittsburgh, this kind of a blockbuster swap would only be fitting.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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Without an economic reason to sustain wildlife populations, they won’t be conserved long-term through benevolence alone.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Keep up with watering and mulch to help conserve moisture.—
Janet B. Carson,
Arkansas Online,
27 June 2025
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Kincaid may seem ruthless, but Koepp gives him a more sympathetic backstory, suggesting that the grieving mercenary recently lost a child and may sacrifice himself in order to spare another, if given such a chance.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
30 June 2025
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The top of Mount Mansfield has been spared from the development happening in the world below over the past 30 years.—
Madeline Bodin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 June 2025
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“Economize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economize. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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