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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Alexander McCoy Orlando Big Beautiful Bill gets the job done Well, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson outdid himself, and with little room to spare, the U.S. House passed the Big Beautiful Bill that Donald Trump wanted.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 May 2025 -
On Thursday, the council approved a $14-billion annual budget that would cut police hiring in half, while sparing hundreds of other city workers from layoffs.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
24 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 30 May. 2025.
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