as in scarce
less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable
money would be skimp until she got her first paycheck from her new job
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as in to save
to avoid unnecessary waste or expense
we must skimp and save if we are going to afford a vacation this summer
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Recent Examples of skimp
Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
The caviar is often canned or frozen during the summer and fall to enjoy during the long winters—a taste of sunshine when our daylight hours are shortened to a skimp five.
—Irina Groushevaia, Bon Appétit, 15 July 2021
Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 8 July 2025
Even some of the most luxurious hotels tend to skimp on at least one aspect of the experience, but the Four Seasons finds a way to deliver on all counts; that much was clear.
—Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 July 2025
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Adjective
Elon Musk’s product reveals rarely, if ever, skimp on style.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024
The caviar is often canned or frozen during the summer and fall to enjoy during the long winters—a taste of sunshine when our daylight hours are shortened to a skimp five.
—Irina Groushevaia, Bon Appétit, 15 July 2021
Verb
Don’t skimp on seasonless staples on sale, either, like Madewell’s skinny leather belt, as seen above.
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 8 July 2025
Even some of the most luxurious hotels tend to skimp on at least one aspect of the experience, but the Four Seasons finds a way to deliver on all counts; that much was clear.
—Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skimp
Adjective
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Unfortunately, records are scarce due to the truck’s age.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Firms were willing to incur resources to bring new graduates up the learning curve when software labor was scarce.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Indiana’s efforts to save the squirrel The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is partnering with Purdue Fort Wayne and others to restore Franklin’s ground squirrel populations, said DNR’s Wildlife Research Supervisor Theresa Bordenkecher.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
21 Aug. 2025
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In the scene, a negotiation over lunch to swap dancers between a Paris and a New York ballet company, in an attempt to save their institutions, is interspersed with a series of flash cuts to the individual performers onstage.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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While Uber lists Bardstown as a partner city, available drivers are sparse, so plan ahead for alternative transportation.—
Karla Walsh,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Aug. 2025
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More like a battery than a full-scale reactor, RPS devices attach directly to spacecraft to power them into the deepest, darkest reaches of the solar system, where sunlight is too sparse to use.—
Hannah Richter,
Scientific American,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Thankfully, Stitch's life was spared when Abigail Hester, 24, saw his picture on the website.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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Hotel tycoon Ong Beng Seng has been spared a jail sentence after pleading guilty to abetting a senior Singapore politician in obstructing the course of justice in a rare gifting scandal in the city-state known for its squeaky clean image.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Congress decided to make daylight saving time permanent for two years from 1973 to 1975, extending the hours of daily sunlight year-round to conserve energy during the oil embargo crisis.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
14 Aug. 2025
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Blood vessels in the brain constrict to conserve fluids, causing dull, throbbing headache pain, typically in the front or back of the head.6 Low sodium levels (hyponatremia) and low potassium levels (hypokalemia) can both disrupt the flow of blood to the brain, contributing to headaches.78 4.—
MD Published,
Verywell Health,
10 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The idea—so far just a proposal before the U.S. aerospace community—is to economize on propellant by using its mass just for momentum, rather than burning it for energy.—
Philip E. Ross,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Jan. 2011
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With London looking to economize abroad, British diplomats told their American counterparts in February 1947 that the United Kingdom would withdraw from the eastern Mediterranean, leaving a power vacuum in Greece and Turkey.—
Melvyn P. Leffler,
Foreign Affairs,
14 June 2018
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Kang Ha-neul plays a young man who has been scrimping and saving his whole life to buy his own apartment, only to discover that living so close to strangers brings its own problems.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 July 2025
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Like this sorority of martyrs, Molly sacrificed, scrimped, and saved.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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“Skimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimp. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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