frugally

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Recent Examples of frugally 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
  • For the first time, a rocket aims to surpass the past giants in power and capacity and make space travel economically sustainable.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The Department of Education’s principal function in K-12 schools is to protect our most vulnerable students, including students who are disabled and economically disadvantaged.
    Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Most biodiesel producers sell it cheaply to refineries that process it into solketal, a step that involves energy-intensive methods and international shipping, adding to global emissions.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Mostly, though, Wingard deploys his first-person POV gimmick for the purposes of cheaply effective jolts.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The Office of Management and Budget, like Vought himself, is little known outside the Beltway and poorly understood even among political insiders.
    Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Kyiv’s grip is precarious, and the Russian advances across open land and through tiny villages leave Ukraine poorly placed for winter.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Similarly, staff said rumble strips, suggested by Councilmember Jon Dumitru, could be installed quickly and inexpensively but would produce noise that could disturb nearby residents, particularly during nighttime hours.
    Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Alternatives to money transfer apps Mobile apps like Wise and Remitly have emerged to enable users to transfer funds quickly and inexpensively via a user-friendly interface.
    Andreina Rodriguez,Maya Benjamin, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Nacua, who declined through a team spokesperson to speak with reporters in the postgame locker room, played sparingly the rest of the day, running one route into the end zone in the fourth quarter and blocking on a couple of run plays.
    Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The coaches reacted quite differently — the Colts’ Shane Steichen punished Mitchell by playing him only sparingly a week later, while Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon lost his cool and erupted on the sideline, later apologizing.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
  • Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • 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 21 Oct. 2025.

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