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as in economy
the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money
he daily practiced such penuriousness that few would have guessed that he was one of the state's wealthiest residents
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as in poverty
the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions
the abject penuriousness of so many of the city's inhabitants should be a cause for concern
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Each of the airline’s economy tickets now also include both a personal item and a 22-pound carry-on bag.—
Alison Fox,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Jan. 2025 -
The fact that frantic diplomatic officials and business leaders managed to convince Petro to turn back from the abyss highlights the degree to which the Colombian economy is dependent on exports to the United States.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2025
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The pair founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — a nonprofit dedicated to combating global poverty and disease — in 2000.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Elderly Barbadians today might look back on breadfruit as connected with poverty, but rice and potatoes wouldn’t have offered the same quality of nutrition.—
Elaine Savory,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Jan. 2025
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Former Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark was spotted on the sidelines during the game wearing an expression that looked as if someone on the Texans’ offense was about to be introduced to a lesson on misery.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Jan. 2025
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Yet, none of that matters by the film's end, when Charlotte is forced to put wolf-Blake out of his misery in order to ensure her and her daughter's safety.—
Megan McCluskey,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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The site’s deal hub is filled with savings across categories, but these are the five best Amazon deals of the day.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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These new options may allow you to fine-tune your retirement savings to better align with your investor profile.—
Aaron Cirksena,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The attorney general did not respond to the Statesman's questions about the providence and nature of the evidence.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American-Statesman,
17 Oct. 2024
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Jiangxi and Shandong providences reported refinancing RMB 55.1 billion and RMB 12.9 billion worth of hidden debt, respectively.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 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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“Penuriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penuriousness. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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