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Recent Examples of penny-wise
Cutting these services is the very definition of being penny-wise and pound-foolish.
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Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
6 May 2026
That led to the penny-wise, pound-foolish path of appeasement.
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Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
Undermining Bayh-Dole to scrape together a billion or two in revenue would be penny-wise and pound-foolish.
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Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
In fiscal terms, the budget cuts are penny-wise and galactically foolish.
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Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
But even if successful, such an effort would likely be penny-wise and pound-foolish, leading U.S. allies to turn away from Washington in the long term.
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Stephen G. Brooks,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Feb. 2025
Cheap graphics cards are penny-wise but dollar-foolish for gaming PCs.
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Brad Bourque,
Wired News,
9 Aug. 2024
Having these tenants lose their apartments and become homeless is penny-wise and pound-foolish.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2024
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
6 May 2026
That led to the penny-wise, pound-foolish path of appeasement.
—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
Undermining Bayh-Dole to scrape together a billion or two in revenue would be penny-wise and pound-foolish.
—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
In fiscal terms, the budget cuts are penny-wise and galactically foolish.
—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
But even if successful, such an effort would likely be penny-wise and pound-foolish, leading U.S. allies to turn away from Washington in the long term.
—
Stephen G. Brooks,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Feb. 2025
Cheap graphics cards are penny-wise but dollar-foolish for gaming PCs.
—
Brad Bourque,
Wired News,
9 Aug. 2024
Having these tenants lose their apartments and become homeless is penny-wise and pound-foolish.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for penny-wise
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This is the most parsimonious way to account for the unified nature of consciousness, according to subcorticalists.
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What fraction visible at basically every U.S. gas station originated as a parsimonious response to a 1932 one-penny gas tax?
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Koenig’s former Yankees teammates were contemptuous of that miserly decision.
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The film is set in Mumbai and built around a miserly protagonist whose circumstances spiral into escalating absurdity.
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Every year, a complacent, tightfisted city council turned down the recommendations.
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Kotick played the tightfisted owner of the Oakland A’s.
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There’s a cast of wanderers, visionaries, and itinerants, the self-educated and self-published, a long lineage of cranks and outcasts, mostly penurious, always opinionated, stretching away into the mists of pseudohistory.
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Then the usually penurious Indians suddenly splurged.
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Leona is frugal, in every dimension.
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His commitment to frugal innovation and human‑centric design has resulted in solutions that are minimalist, affordable, sustainable, portable, and rugged—often challenging conventional approaches to agricultural technology.
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DIYers and thrifty car owners like to replace their own to avoid the high labor cost.
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The most thrifty setting allows conservation of charge for use on the mountain playground.
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Sonos Arc Ultra Soundbar Deal Voted as the best one-piece soundbar by our experts, the Arc is an outstanding soundbar with enough bass to please even the stingiest bass critic, incredible immersive Atmos sound, and impressive dialogue mix in movies and shows.
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Sparks end a three-game losing streak with an 89-72 win over expansion Portland, delivering their stingiest defensive performance of the season.
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For a less crowded and more economical trip, try visiting in one of the liminal seasons, fall or spring.
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As inference costs become more visible and trust becomes harder to quantify, the piece suggests that in some situations humans supported by AI may prove more economical than replacing them entirely.
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“Penny-wise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penny-wise. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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