as in economy
careful management of material resources
her lifelong frugality has enabled her to save enough money to go to college next year
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Recent Examples of frugality
The frugality that worked so well with the LAOOC didn’t translate to baseball.
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Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
My parents were very cautious with money and maintained a pretty high level of frugality while having well-paying jobs and indulging in experiences such as nice vacations.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 23 Feb. 2024
The nearby Jimmy Carter National Historical Park is planning a riff on the Carters’ frugality.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
The evidence of recent history suggests there’s wisdom in the frugality.
—Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2024
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Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
My parents were very cautious with money and maintained a pretty high level of frugality while having well-paying jobs and indulging in experiences such as nice vacations.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 23 Feb. 2024
The nearby Jimmy Carter National Historical Park is planning a riff on the Carters’ frugality.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
The evidence of recent history suggests there’s wisdom in the frugality.
—Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for frugality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frugality
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In addition to the consequences for the global economy, an increase in U.S.-China tensions would have far-reaching implications for U.S. allies in the Asia-Pacific region such as South Korea, Japan and Australia.Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Questions about the direction of the U.S. economy have gained momentum in the days following Donald Trump’s presidential election victory.Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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This decrease was attributed to a savings initiative to offset the decline in revenue.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Instead of going back to the well for more public funds, AC Transit should look at the cost side of the ledger, focusing on savings opportunities other than service cuts.Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Rambo said the thrift store lost its roof and its heating and air units, and the glass was blown out of the front facade.Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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In a remarkable turn of events the letter ended up some 1,700 miles from where it was originally written, discovered folded up inside the pages of a Bible from 1880 that was found gathering dust in a thrift store.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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And even if the existing global public health architecture survives this time of parsimony and austerity, it will have been remodeled along the way.Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2012
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But the Senate’s parsimony on these issues was praised by the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a think tank that advocates for racial and economic justice.Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
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“Frugality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frugality. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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