thriftily

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Recent Examples of thriftily That’s frustrating considering the format has always been thriftily priced. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thriftily
Adverb
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trump wants interest rates to fall sharply so the government can borrow more cheaply and Americans can pay lower borrowing costs for new homes, cars or other large purchases, as worries about high costs have soured some voters on his economic management.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The efforts to pass AB405 have focused on the impact of fast fashion, in particular, which is cheaply made and designed to only last for a few wears due to quality and seasonality.
    Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 16 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • 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
  • Second, California doesn’t build anything inexpensively and efficiently.
    Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • With Absolute Security, Cyber Resilience becomes measurable, operational, and economically defensible.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • These losses affect neighborhoods not only culturally, but economically as well.
    Geo Darder, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • The find, made by scientists at Waseda University and Tohoku University in Japan, challenges long-standing theories and suggests that the key physical processes operating in the young cosmos remain poorly understood.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026
  • But council member Cara Mendelsohn, whose district includes the Renner Frankford Branch, said the plan was poorly executed.
    Marissa Armas, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • In ascending order of serving sizes, the original US food pyramid recommended that fats, oils and sweets be used sparingly, and that dairy products, proteins and nuts be equal components of one’s diet.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Instead, active ingredients are selected sparingly and with intention.
    Iman Balagam, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • 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
  • 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 23 Jan. 2026.

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