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Recent Examples of sparingly
Put it by a sunny window and water sparingly.
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Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
Apply coffee grounds sparingly—once every two to four months—to avoid compacting soil and harming your plant.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 17 Feb. 2026
But mixing materials was done sparingly and deliberately.
—Staff Author, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
During dormancy, water sparingly, skip fertilizer, and avoid disturbing the plant.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 10 Feb. 2026
It’s also been driven sparingly over that time, with the odometer showing 18,872 miles at the time of cataloging.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
Each note Siena selects is intentional, a meaningful act of expression for a child who uses speech sparingly.
—Reylee Billingsley, AZCentral.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Plumlee has played sparingly for the Hornets this season since signing on as a free agent in the summer for the veteran’s minimum, and has been sidelined with a groin injury that required surgery.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 4 Feb. 2026
Other foods, like fruits and vegetables, are included more sparingly.
—Gillian Mohney, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2026
Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
Apply coffee grounds sparingly—once every two to four months—to avoid compacting soil and harming your plant.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 17 Feb. 2026
But mixing materials was done sparingly and deliberately.
—Staff Author, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
During dormancy, water sparingly, skip fertilizer, and avoid disturbing the plant.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 10 Feb. 2026
It’s also been driven sparingly over that time, with the odometer showing 18,872 miles at the time of cataloging.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
Each note Siena selects is intentional, a meaningful act of expression for a child who uses speech sparingly.
—Reylee Billingsley, AZCentral.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Plumlee has played sparingly for the Hornets this season since signing on as a free agent in the summer for the veteran’s minimum, and has been sidelined with a groin injury that required surgery.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 4 Feb. 2026
Other foods, like fruits and vegetables, are included more sparingly.
—Gillian Mohney, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sparingly
Adverb
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Many Republican officeholders in the Reaganite mold opposed them, and economists from both parties warned that they were poorly designed to reduce the overall trade deficit.—
David Pozen,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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While studies have since recognized the phenomenon in humans — in a part of the hippocampus called the dentate gyrus — evidence has been mixed and the process poorly understood.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Distillation involves training less capable models on more advanced ones’ output, and can be used illicitly to acquire powerful capabilities cheaply.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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The wealthy will wind up with beachfront condos and the native Palestinians will be allocated to cheaply built slums far from the coastline.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The family lived frugally, Ferguson said, since Good’s partner sold a company and didn’t work as Good attended graduate school online.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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Perdue has lived a double life—having access to immense privilege and money from two business empires, while holding down a regular job and living frugally.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Milne Elementary School, where 96% of students are economically disadvantaged, has seen jumps in its Texas A-F accountability grades.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Merz, on his first trip to China since taking office last May, has championed building a stronger Europe both economically and militarily to assert itself in the shifting new world order.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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To this new arena of few big, let alone original, hits; to a place where expensive corporatized storytelling could hold no candle to the quick-turn, inexpensively made short videos young people watched or the quick-turn, inexpensively made long podcasts older people listened to.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Dec. 2025
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Second, California doesn’t build anything inexpensively and efficiently.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Maps show the location of the crash is sparely populated and the two-lane road has no street lighting.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
1 Sep. 2025
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Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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That’s frustrating considering the format has always been thriftily priced.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Sparingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sparingly. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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