as in economical
careful in the management of money or resources
by being frugal, the family is able to stretch its monthly budget
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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 frugal
The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
Her frugal immigrant parents bring their own food, and Nate’s meddlesome mom harangues her son about his career and her desperation for a grandchild.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
Michael Maguire, Boston Herald, 19 Aug. 2024
This required immense discipline, frugality, and a laser focus on delivering value to early adopters.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The book also provides a glimpse of the frugal life led by monks as well as the complexity of human existence in South Asia’s rural pockets.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
Her frugal immigrant parents bring their own food, and Nate’s meddlesome mom harangues her son about his career and her desperation for a grandchild.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Franklin’s virtues are: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.
—Michael Maguire, Boston Herald, 19 Aug. 2024
This required immense discipline, frugality, and a laser focus on delivering value to early adopters.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Allowing China to take Taiwan would also be an economic and geopolitical blow for the U.S., since Taipei is the primary source of semiconductor chips that power smart devices and a friendly economical hub in the Pacific.Brad Dress, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
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EVs will be the most economical option for consumers, and by a growing margin.Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Zoom in: Cleveland has several major projects designed to improve the city's economy over the next decade, including the Bedrock Riverfront Plan, Lakefront Master Plan and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame expansion.Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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However, economists have warned that his plans to implement tariffs on different countries could hurt the U.S. economy and cause prices to rise across various sectors.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Their homes may have been paid off or close to it, their life savings sunk into that plot of ground.Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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The Amazon deals won’t last long, so shop quickly to make the most out of these savings.Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
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Like McDonald’s, Burger King launched a $5 value meal over the summer to appeal to thrifty consumers.Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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Those found in supercomputers and data centers need to be similarly thrifty with power, because the electricity to run these facilities often costs their owners millions of dollars a year.Adrian Sampson, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2013
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The global market for secondhand clothing is expected to reach $351 billion by 2027, according to a 2023 report from the online thrift store thredUp (TDUP).Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2025
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The watercolor was discovered last year by Andy Robbins, an HR professional and frequent thrift store visitor, at New Life Thrift.Daniel Cassady for ARTnews, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
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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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“Frugal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frugal. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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