as in economy
careful management of material resources
her lifelong frugality has enabled her to save enough money to go to college next year
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Recent Examples of frugality
Understanding that difference can prevent endless money conflicts because frugality builds a meaningful life, while cheapness slowly erodes joy.
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Brian Page, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
Keeping things simple and comparatively cheap could improve Dectravalve’s chances of catching on with automakers and suppliers notorious for frugality.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025
Baby boomers’ good timing America’s septuagenarians were raised by parents who came of age during the Great Depression and learned the hard way the lessons of frugality and the importance of saving money.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
This sense of obligation to the country is accompanied by a down-home humility, frugality, and folksiness.
—The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2025
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Brian Page, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
Keeping things simple and comparatively cheap could improve Dectravalve’s chances of catching on with automakers and suppliers notorious for frugality.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025
Baby boomers’ good timing America’s septuagenarians were raised by parents who came of age during the Great Depression and learned the hard way the lessons of frugality and the importance of saving money.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
This sense of obligation to the country is accompanied by a down-home humility, frugality, and folksiness.
—The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frugality
Noun
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Channel 24 answered a need identified by a city study on the local music economy back in 2023.—
Madisen Keavy,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Colorado walkout followed the January closure of a meatpacking plant in Lexington, Nebraska, which was expected to ripple through the local economy and community.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Or, the city could take a more time-consuming and cost saving approach by asking the state legislature for help.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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But multimillionaire serial investor and entrepreneur Kevin O’Leary says saving is more important than ever before.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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The plot thickened on March 25 when Scott took to her X account to explain exactly how her personal pictures ended up on a thrift store shelf.—
Ryan Brennan
April 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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On March 16, Peters posted a video from a thrift store showing a shelf full of family photos.—
Ryan Brennan
April 8,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Two of them are falsifiability and parsimony.—
Calum Lister Matheson,
The Conversation,
14 Nov. 2025
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No act of parsimony shrinks the size of government either.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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“Frugality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frugality. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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