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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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And is there something to gain—politically, economically, or diplomatically—by avoiding conflict?—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Guy on a Rock came together slowly and economically.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Almost half the 43 drugs listed on TrumpRx were already available more cheaply as generics, a STAT analysis found.—
Daniel Payne,
STAT,
5 Mar. 2026
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But today, language generators can churn out language for appropriation, more cheaply and quickly than a human ghostwriter could.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Critics argue this work is extractive and poorly compensated, especially when these AI systems are being trained to ultimately replace human labor.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Unnatural results often occur when treatments are excessive or poorly planned.—
Carlos Wolf,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 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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Though Bessette-Kennedy wore color sparingly, the pale pink of this cotton cardigan is light enough to qualify as neutral.—
Jordan Julian,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
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Tillman, who was part of the Celtics’ 2024 championship team, has played sparingly since the C’s dealt him ahead of last month’s trade deadline, but Lee and Williams both said the popular 27-year-old has brought a valuable veteran presence to the Hornets’ locker room.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 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 14 Mar. 2026.
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