skimped (on)

past tense of skimp (on)
as in stinted (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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Verb
  • The pandemic has spared no one, but few are completely without fault.
    Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
  • No part of Arizona will be spared from the shutdown.
    Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 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
  • Because energy is conserved, and gravitational radiation (also known as a gravitational wave) carries energy, this leads to the decay of the mutual orbits of these masses.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
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  • Roughly one-third of cities’ revenue comes from federal grants to states that are then doled out to cities.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The question of who is going to shell out, besides the usual suspects like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which have doled out soft loans in the past, also looms large when the government is still stabilizing its economy amid a challenging global landscape.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • But the city approved a project that preserved the hotel as the centerpiece.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Deli meats are often preserved with nitrates and nitrites, which can convert into carcinogenic compounds inside the body.
    Dr. Sanjay Bhojraj, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Skimped (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimped%20%28on%29. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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