SKIMPS (ON) Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

skimps (on)

verb

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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The timing spares the Eagles and Carter from the questions and speculation that would have unfolded when training camp opened to the media Wednesday.

— Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Senior dogs with arthritis or chronic pain also benefit because mobile service spares them the physical strain of travel.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

Definition of spares

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This Darla sandal, on sale for a limited time, doles out balance despite its towering platform height.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 20 July 2026
Make a beeline for the flagship Olive Young store, the country’s biggest cosmetics retailer, where there’s a whole wall devoted to sheet masks, testing stations and a vending machine that doles out free skincare samples.

— Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 17 July 2026

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Mendocino Redwood Company has managed the land in question for 25 years and voluntarily preserves all old-growth trees on its land, company vice president Dennis Thibeault told The Bee in an email.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Specifically, women oxidize fat more efficiently than men during prolonged exercise, which preserves glycogen for the late stages of long efforts.

— Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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Rachel dates a shoe store operator named Lou (Bob Hoskins), while Charlotte nurses a crush on her handsome young school bus driver and flirts with Catholicism to the chagrin of her Jewish mother.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 17 July 2026
After Robin is gravely injured, he is taken in by the sage prioress Brigid (Jodie Comer), who nurses him back to health at an island convent.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 June 2026

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