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
The ‘hidden cost’ of frugality Brian and Angela earn $188,000 a year and have $294,000 in debt between their mortgage and car payments.
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Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
Ike Ugbo was signed for £2.5m from Troyes last summer in a deal that bucked the trend of frugality.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 1 July 2025
We were terrified of his strict rules on frugality....
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Despite the increased flexibility, the Broncos will try to take lessons from a free agency and offseason approach driven by necessary frugality.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
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Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
Ike Ugbo was signed for £2.5m from Troyes last summer in a deal that bucked the trend of frugality.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 1 July 2025
We were terrified of his strict rules on frugality....
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
Despite the increased flexibility, the Broncos will try to take lessons from a free agency and offseason approach driven by necessary frugality.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frugality
Noun
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Al-Falih emphasized his country’s long-term strategy of building supply chain resilience and energy capacity to power the digital economy of the future.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Whether or not Takaichi's administration is as tough on immigration issues as her campaign rhetoric suggests, some observers warn that failing to actively invest in and integrate foreign nationals into society will have lasting harm on Asia’s second-largest economy.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But starting in 1970, Time and Date AS has tracked observance of daylight saving time in Kentucky every year.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Oct. 2025
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Daylight saving time is the period between March and November when Americans set their clocks ahead by one hour.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Not the kind of thrift store that’s actually thrifty, but the kind of thrift store that doesn’t have any price tags because the people who can afford to shop there don’t need to bother themselves with price tags.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Recently, one woman turned a major profit after finding a rare Halloween mask selling for just $5 in her local thrift store.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 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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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 28 Oct. 2025.
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