as in saving
careful management of material resources
through hard work and thrift our father was able to raise the money to put all four of us through college
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That means hustling through a shower and getting dressed; a friend is picking me up for a day of thrift shopping and hitting the Amish grocery stores.
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R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2024
And more thrift stores could be coming to the area.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
The Sunday thrift market at riverside venue Blå is an Oslo institution.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Koontz says the group serves about 1,200 of the community’s low-income residents with food and other support, like through a thrift store and laundromat.
—Susan Young, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
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R29 Team, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2024
And more thrift stores could be coming to the area.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
The Sunday thrift market at riverside venue Blå is an Oslo institution.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Koontz says the group serves about 1,200 of the community’s low-income residents with food and other support, like through a thrift store and laundromat.
—Susan Young, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
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High schools across the country, including California, Ohio and Utah, are providing mandatory financial literacy classes, covering essential topics like saving, budgeting and investing.Paula Thielen, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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More savings:Check out the most popular L.L.Bean coupons and promo codes Early Cyber Week sales at popular retailers 1.Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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The German economy—Europe’s largest—is set to shrink by 0.2% in 2024 for the second year in a row.Samuel Burke, Fortune Europe, 29 Oct. 2024
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Most economists and budget watchdogs are skeptical film tax credits are the jobs and economy stimulators that politicians claim.Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
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Plagued by global pandemics and industry-wide strikes, Hollywood has experienced an unprecedented era of frugality in the past few years.Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
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Maybe the Irish can teach them some lessons in frugality.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Thrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrift. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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