as in saved
to avoid unnecessary waste or expense
had to scrimp and save for years in order to be able to afford a house
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Recent Examples of scrimped
The world-class training facility owes its existence to the dedication of a group of volunteers, who scrimped and saved for well over a decade to get their own curling space.
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Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
While administrations scrimped, the fleet aged.
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Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
The power went out intermittently, and families scrimped to get enough food.
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Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
But while independent vendors, including big name designers with relatively small businesses, scrimped and saved and struggled to get by without, Saks Global found the money to pay brands at the tippy top of the fashion pyramid.
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Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
While administrations scrimped, the fleet aged.
—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
The power went out intermittently, and families scrimped to get enough food.
—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
But while independent vendors, including big name designers with relatively small businesses, scrimped and saved and struggled to get by without, Saks Global found the money to pay brands at the tippy top of the fashion pyramid.
—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrimped
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The technology is estimated to have saved an average of 190,000 lives each year between 2019-2021 as temperatures soared, according to the International Energy Agency.
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None of this generated the kind of headlines that a remote surgery possibly would have, but the reality has undoubtedly saved the lives of countless people.
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While Greece suffers frequent wildfires during its hot, dry summers, it has so far been spared the heatwaves that have scorched much of western Europe in recent weeks.
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President Bill Clinton’s veto pen spared some district laws, while congressional GOP lawmakers at times succeeded at blocking others.
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“Scrimped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrimped. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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