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stinting

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verb

present participle of stint

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stinting
Adjective
  • Both coaches and players have been respectful of the other team all week, careful not to produce any bulletin board material.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ben Lewis Doherty, playing a boy named Sam whose life is upended by Robbie, is the show’s greatest innocent, a softhearted moppet who warns deer to be careful when crossing the street.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Are writers withholding their best jokes?
    Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
  • These policies include withholding federal research funding and new restrictions against international students.
    Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But interestingly, most of those clubs running a loss are also the ones skimping on player wages.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Johnston said some cope by skimping on prescription drugs, skipping meals or scrubbing doctor visits.
    Next Avenue, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In New York, Alcaraz turned up the volume and speed, hitting 42 winners in the final - double that of his opponent - while retaining full control and focus.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The football landscape has changed 20 years on, and 10 new signings show United wanted to change the squad, but there is evident faith in retaining the nucleus of Farke’s 2025 centurions.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Saying no is not about being selfish.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Roup wants moms to be a little more selfish.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But after keeping Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker out of Sunday’s lineup, Chicago then watched closer Daniel Palencia blow the save in a 6-3 loss to the Washington Nationals.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • If the number of children is decreasing, keeping empty facilities isn’t free.
    Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • McKim, Mead & White quickly became the place for aspiring young architects, who avidly sought jobs there despite miserly salaries.
    Henry Wiencek July 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
  • The miserly email account offerings are particularly limiting for larger ventures, and unusual for the category which typically offers unlimited email.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • That’s until their cover in California Schemin’ as rapping imposters was blown and the emotional strain of denying their Scottishness and their fractured friendship revealed itself.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • At the time, a source told PEOPLE that Teefey and Gomez, Wondermind's chief impact officer, both stepped in to take action for their employees, while denying that Teefey took out a loan to pay salaries.
    Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Stinting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinting. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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