scrimping 1 of 3

scrimping

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noun

scrimping

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verb

present participle of scrimp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrimping
Adjective
  • Ink-tank printers looked poised to become the better, more economical choice for the future of printing.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • At a certain point, the discussion and decision becomes purely economical.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Hunt After years of diligent saving, a longtime renter with a $300,000 budget weighed whether to take his parents’ advice and return to his childhood building in Elmhurst, or branch out.
    Dan Levin, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Giving and saving were instilled, too.
    Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Iran can achieve that by abandoning water-hungry crops, shifting to smart farming, conserving every drop, and reviving flood-management techniques Iranians once mastered to recharge depleted aquifers.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • While the app is available and encouraged year-round, the week was a spotlight on the importance of joint effort when conserving the environment, Zirk said.
    Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The number of farm operations filing for bankruptcy remains at historically low levels but has jumped sharply this year as a crisis in the agricultural economy drags on.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The country ranks 118th among 148 economies, the lowest among G-7 members, in the World Economic Forum’s 2025 Global Gender Gap Report, languishing particularly in the political empowerment metric.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The system reduces emissions, noise, and vibration while economizing on fuel and maintenance costs.
    Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • By leasing GPUs to OpenAI, rather than requiring them to buy the chips outright, Nvidia is sparing OpenAI from having to take an accounting charge for the high depreciation rates on the chips, which will ultimately help OpenAI’s bottom line.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Trump could have faced up to four years in prison, but a judge issued an unconditional discharge, leaving his conviction in place but sparing him any penalty or fine.
    Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Scrimping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrimping. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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