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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All the people coming from the luxury cars would be spared.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026 -
Even the ancient statues in the capital’s National Museum — those that weren’t stolen — weren’t spared.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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Some myosin classes, such as I and II, are widely conserved across many organisms, whereas others are more specialized and restricted to particular lineages—for example, certain classes are found mainly in animals and others in plants.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 Apr. 2026
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At the end of the day, all the partners in the project share a desire to see the state's natural spaces conserved and made available for recreation by Arkansans and visitors, Andrews said.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2026
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His proposal would hold flat a consistent source of revenue, Local Government Distributive Funds — a slice of state income taxes doled out to municipalities.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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That’s where the money is doled out.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
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The town in South Carolina’s Midlands was founded in the mid-18th century and has been carefully preserved through the decades since.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
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According to a study published in Nature in 2026, the specimens were preserved by mineral-rich water and crude oil, a rare process that retained not only bone but also cartilage, skin and traces of ancient proteins.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Stinted (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinted%20%28on%29. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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