as in skimped (on)
to use or give out in stingy amounts
the entrées would be worth these prices if the restaurant didn't stint on the side dishes so much
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preserved
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Some sets were constructed in Toronto, disassembled and shipped out and have now been preserved for a potential second season.—
Amber Dowling,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2025 -
Yet Flores would like to see our historic places — which are in fact the city’s Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) — not preserved.—
Bruce D Coons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Stinted (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinted%20%28on%29. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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