as in saved
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 skimped
Avant-garde design doesn’t mean the team here has skimped on luxury, however.
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Liam Hess, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
But after ownership skimped on payroll the last two years (then fire-sale’d the roster at the trade deadline), Baldelli took the fall for the poor results.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Sting’s lawyers have filed a response to the suit as well, claiming that the frontman has not skimped out on his old bandmates.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Liam Hess, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2025
But after ownership skimped on payroll the last two years (then fire-sale’d the roster at the trade deadline), Baldelli took the fall for the poor results.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Sting’s lawyers have filed a response to the suit as well, claiming that the frontman has not skimped out on his old bandmates.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skimped
Verb
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Recently, Overbey saved money stocking up on organic chocolate bars and sparkling waters while shopping on an overstock site.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Later in the first round Baltimore drafted Lamar Jackson, the sort of generational talent who very likely would have saved Grier’s job.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Although San Jose has been largely spared from large-scale operations seen across the country, the few cases locally and other incidents happening elsewhere already have impacted the day-to-day lives of immigrant families.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Wars and insurrections have afflicted other parts of the Middle East, but Baghdad—a city whose name was once synonymous with suicide bombings and sectarian murder—has been spared.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Bell did what most drivers did, opting to run all-out on fresher tires and more gas — while Logano conserved his fuel all the way to the finish.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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But it had nonetheless been conserved and cared for, which allowed new meanings to slowly emerge.—
Mollie Barnes,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The power went out intermittently, and families scrimped to get enough food.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Skimped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimped. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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