STINTED Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

stinted

verb

past tense of stint

as in withheld

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Johnson’s lawyers said that the state withheld evidence of monetary incentive for her testimony.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
California officials say election administration must follow applicable law and that ballots cannot be withheld on unverified allegations.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of withheld

Verb

Delivered in 2003, Octopus hardly skimped on luxury, with a spa, 15-seat cinema, and glass-bottom pool.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Moreno spent on stars, skimped everywhere else, and squandered the primes of two of baseball's greatest players as the franchise languished.

— Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of skimped

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Despite a heavy airstrike campaign and a large ground offensive, Houthi rebels have retained control over key locations and have continued launching missiles and drones at their adversaries.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
The team retained approximately 8 petabytes for scientific analysis.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of retained

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Trump is waging a campaign in the final moments of the midterm election to quell discontent among farmers, truckers and drivers exhausted by $4 gas and near-record diesel.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
In an interview with the Financial Times, published today, Zelenskyy indicated his own patience had been exhausted.

— David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausted

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In the last quarter-century, relentless drought intensified by climate change has sapped the river’s flow and left its reservoirs severely depleted.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Yet Kyiv’s stockpile has dried up as the United States husbands an arsenal that has been significantly depleted by the Iran war.

— Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of depleted

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But Netanyahu’s government wanted the existing framework kept intact, according to multiple sources who spoke to TIME, including an Israeli official and an international diplomat.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Leavitt connected with nine different receivers and kept scrambles to a minimum, rushing just 4 times for 11 yards.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

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