as in stints (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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That means the agency stops paying out for previous disasters and conserves its money for life-saving missions during any new ones.—
Mae Anderson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
16 Oct. 2024 -
This not only conserves landfill space but also promotes recycling and resource conservation.—
Ganes Kesari,
Forbes,
30 Sep. 2024
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In addition to the musical reconstruction, McBurney has been making a contemporary English version of the libretto, with the translator Hannah Whitley, that preserves the original’s vernacular.—
Jeffrey Arlo Brown,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Crawford's victory preserves the court's 4-3 liberal majority, safeguarding control of one of the most politically consequential state supreme courts in the nation.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Skimps (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimps%20%28on%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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