stinginess

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stinginess
Noun
  • Through this program, the city is already transforming aging Manhattan office buildings into brighter, more modern workspaces and attracting high-growth, international companies in the life sciences, green economy, and tech sectors to the city.
    Adolfo Carrión Jr, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025
  • Tourism gradually dried up, starving its economy of billions of dollars in annual spending.
    Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • The new rules are slated to start in late 2026 — moved up from 2029 — after some lawmakers objected that savings wouldn’t materialize soon enough.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2025
  • Amazon Prime Day is the retailer’s massive shopping event that has big savings across virtually every department.
    Laura Lu, Parents, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Parsimony For The Prudent The principle of parsimony is a key tenet of business success that prudent entrepreneurs can apply in many areas, including data gathering.
    Julius Černiauskas, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • The parsimony has so far delivered one FA Cup and an on-field blueprint as devoid of life as most others since the Ferguson era ended.
    Phil Hay, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The White House has not officially addressed the vision behind the redecoration or the providence of some of the decor.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
  • The internationalisation of the awards season has been on full display in recent years, both in terms of foreign language movie success, voter makeup and the providence of these films.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Stinginess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinginess. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.

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