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verb

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Recent Examples of skimp
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
Original price: $125 Cole Haan's Oxford sneakers are great for those seeking a dress shoe that doesn’t skimp on support. Caitlyn Martyn May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025 Ortiz made sure the home didn’t skimp on fun, either. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for skimp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skimp
Adjective
  • Accurate data is scarce, given that members of groups rarely self-identify.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Dholes are dogs and communal hunters, typically traveling in packs of up to 30 animals but can hunt alone or in pairs when prey is scarce, according to the study.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • According to The Vail Daily, volunteer rescuers across Colorado responded to at least four missions during June to save dogs.
    Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 1 July 2025
  • In the year 2025, when an ex-Packers great in Aaron Rodgers is trying to save Pittsburgh, this kind of a blockbuster swap would only be fitting.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • On one side stood a sparse gathering of supporters, including students and faculty.
    Avi D. Gordon, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
  • After missing the cut at the US Open, Phil Mickelson walked off the 18th green at Oakmont with a quiet nod to the sparse crowd, a soft wave, and a lingering glance at the leaderboard.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Kincaid may seem ruthless, but Koepp gives him a more sympathetic backstory, suggesting that the grieving mercenary recently lost a child and may sacrifice himself in order to spare another, if given such a chance.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 June 2025
  • The top of Mount Mansfield has been spared from the development happening in the world below over the past 30 years.
    Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Without an economic reason to sustain wildlife populations, they won’t be conserved long-term through benevolence alone.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Keep up with watering and mulch to help conserve moisture.
    Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Nonperishables that come in aluminum or steel cans — think beans, chickpeas, and soups — are typically thought of as a way for shoppers to economize.
    Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • To her, people who scrimped and saved and eked out a mean existence were as idiotic as people who got themselves into debt.
    Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 15 June 2025
  • Denzel Washington confronts photographer in tense moment at Cannes Film Festival Watson did not scrimp in the glamour department for her 2013 Cannes debut either.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 23 May 2025

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“Skimp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimp. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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