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Recent Examples of frugally
The family lived frugally, Ferguson said, since Good’s partner sold a company and didn’t work as Good attended graduate school online.
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Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
Perdue has lived a double life—having access to immense privilege and money from two business empires, while holding down a regular job and living frugally.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
My parents had a lot of conversations with my siblings and me about saving money, living frugally, investing, and planning for retirement.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 15 Sep. 2025
Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
Perdue has lived a double life—having access to immense privilege and money from two business empires, while holding down a regular job and living frugally.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
My parents had a lot of conversations with my siblings and me about saving money, living frugally, investing, and planning for retirement.
—R29 Team, Refinery29, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frugally
Adverb
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The Khoo clan were among the wealthy immigrants from Fujian, China, who arrived in the 19th century and quickly established themselves both economically and culturally.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Without careful scrutiny, investors risk paying premium valuations for technological capabilities that are still experimental, limited in scope, or economically immaterial.—
Perrie M. Weiner,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Part of the reason is that people are buying cheaply made e-bikes online.—
Michael Abeyta,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Scientists are tinkering with new ways to generate CAR-T cells more efficiently and cheaply, including via injections, somewhat similar to vaccines, that can coax patients’ bodies into reprogramming some of their T cells—that is, generating their own CAR-Ts in house.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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That reflects poorly on the players, but Rosenior did not provide any convincing answers.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The story was plodding, the characters frustrating, and the transitions through time poorly executed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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To this new arena of few big, let alone original, hits; to a place where expensive corporatized storytelling could hold no candle to the quick-turn, inexpensively made short videos young people watched or the quick-turn, inexpensively made long podcasts older people listened to.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Dec. 2025
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Second, California doesn’t build anything inexpensively and efficiently.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Poyser and Fitzgerald played sparingly.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2026
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Groves, who has three years of eligibility remaining, played sparingly for a good Red Raiders team that reached the second round of the NCAA tournament last month.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
16 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
1 Sep. 2025
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Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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That’s frustrating considering the format has always been thriftily priced.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Frugally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frugally. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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