skimps (on)

present tense third-person singular of skimp (on)
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
  • 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 2 May. 2025.

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