as in to stint (on)
to use or give out in stingy amounts
I'd like a baked potato, and don't skimp on the sour cream
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Then there is the prodigious talent of Warren Zaire-Emery, 19, whose 23 Ligue 1 starts in the heart of PSG’s midfield were crucial to them winning the league title with six games to spare.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
18 June 2025 -
Because after trading for Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges, New York no longer has draft capital to spare.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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By scanting this complexity, Remnick leaves readers with a less than totally satisfying depiction of Obama's encounter with the world of black Chicago.—
Walter Russell Mead,
Foreign Affairs,
1 July 2010
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Trump captured attention his first time around, in part, by talking about issues that other candidates scanted: the threat of China, chaos at the southern border.—
NR Editors,
National Review,
22 Dec. 2023
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“Skimp (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimp%20%28on%29. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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