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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The conventional wisdom is that the startup sector has been spared the impacts of tariffs because startups are often service providers in tech, software, web, crypto, AI etc.—
Nish Acharya,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025 -
Trails need help—money, time, energy—that many working Americans do not have the ability to spare.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside Online,
12 May 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 22 May. 2025.
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