as in skimping (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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sparing
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Season 1 ended January 12 with cartel boss Gallino (Garcia) sparing Tommy Norris (Thornton) from a torturous end.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025 -
Randall-Pizarro’s lawyer, Margaret Olsen of the Legal Aid Society, wanted the judge to use that earlier test to get the 18-year-old committed in the hopes of sparing her a stay in the troubled city jail complex.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Stinting (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinting%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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