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Recent Examples of thriftily
That’s frustrating considering the format has always been thriftily priced.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thriftily
Adverb
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The family lived frugally, Ferguson said, since Good’s partner sold a company and didn’t work as Good attended graduate school online.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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Perdue has lived a double life—having access to immense privilege and money from two business empires, while holding down a regular job and living frugally.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Shahed can be made cheaply with dual-use components and launched off the back of a truck.—
Jane Lytvynenko,
NBC news,
3 Mar. 2026
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And dance singles can be advertised simply and cheaply, with a single eye-catching Instagram or TikTok video.—
Michaelangelo Matos,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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To this new arena of few big, let alone original, hits; to a place where expensive corporatized storytelling could hold no candle to the quick-turn, inexpensively made short videos young people watched or the quick-turn, inexpensively made long podcasts older people listened to.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Dec. 2025
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Second, California doesn’t build anything inexpensively and efficiently.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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By the same token, using a few dozen drones to strike an economically vital oil refinery is a great deal, and energy infrastructure will continue to be a top-tier military target in most future global wars, Collins said.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Developers said retail was not economically feasible.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Poor sleep affects everyone Ninety-five percent of all caregivers agreed that good sleep is essential to overall family function, and nearly 80% said their own sleep suffers when their child sleeps poorly, the poll found.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Ground-penetrating radar can detect nonmetallic objects but performs poorly in wet or uneven terrain, or ground covered by vegetation, and often generates high false-alarm rates.—
Sagar Lekhak,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Though Bessette-Kennedy wore color sparingly, the pale pink of this cotton cardigan is light enough to qualify as neutral.—
Jordan Julian,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
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Tillman, who was part of the Celtics’ 2024 championship team, has played sparingly since the C’s dealt him ahead of last month’s trade deadline, but Lee and Williams both said the popular 27-year-old has brought a valuable veteran presence to the Hornets’ locker room.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
1 Sep. 2025
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Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Thriftily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thriftily. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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