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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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The financial rewards accrued from streaming and downloading have been parsimonious.
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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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Dobie’s cantankerous, tightfisted father and sweet, harebrained mother were played by the characters actors Frank Faylen and Florida Friebus.
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The ambience reflects Hankey’s tightfisted approach to his seven companies, which include a Toyota dealership, a dealer management software developer and Midway Car Rental, which does a big business renting exotic cars.
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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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But both are gone because neither could make magic of Sherman’s low-spending model that still includes the most penurious payroll in MLB in 2025.
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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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Royce Lewis and Victor Caratini hit back-to-back homers, Zebby Matthews pitched seven stingy innings and the Minnesota Twins held off a late rally by the Houston Astros for a 5-4 victory Monday night.
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Argentina having one of the game’s greatest strikers ever, depth and a stingy defense is enough to make the squad a good bet to make another deep run.
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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 4 Jul. 2026.
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