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Recent Examples of frugality In the meantime, people could do worse than to embrace some prudence and frugality. Erik Sherman, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025 The Broncos transformed their defensive front last spring, and did so with impressive frugality. Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2025 Both sets of parents worked really hard to instill the core values of faith, family, hard work, and frugality. Tim Maurer, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 The 38-year-old Overland Park resident strives to limit his out-of-pocket expenses to $1,000 a month, part of a frugality born out of a challenging life. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for frugality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frugality
Noun
  • As the climate continues to change, one study found 87% of rivers studied in America and Europe are warming - 70% are losing oxygen, which is threatening fish and the environment and economies that revolve around them.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taken from CNBC’s Daily Open, our international markets newsletter — Subscribe today An independent central bank is seen by most (including this newsletter) as the bedrock of a functional economy.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This shift is part of a larger trend toward portfolio diversification and hands-on control over retirement savings.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • Research shows Los Angeles is in desperate need of large, mature trees, which provide more shade, better storm water management and energy savings.
    Vanessa Romo, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This means hitting up antique malls, vintage shops, secondhand retailers, and thrift stores.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Architectural Digest, 2 May 2025
  • Retailers across the resale market, including thrift stores, non-profits, like Goodwill, and online secondhand retailers, are ready to take advantage of the increasingly chaotic market created by tariffs.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The parsimony has so far delivered one FA Cup and an on-field blueprint as devoid of life as most others since the Ferguson era ended.
    Phil Hay, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The parsimony has so far delivered one FA Cup and an on-field blueprint as devoid of life as most others since the Ferguson era ended.
    Phil Hay, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025

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“Frugality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frugality. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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