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
Franklin’s virtues are: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.
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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
During the campaign, Eisenhower promised only modest changes to Truman’s foreign policies, both on Korea and on containment more generally, pledging merely to bring more competence and frugality to their implementation.
—Steven Casey, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
The spread of frugality is hurting China’s economy Oct. 24, 2024
Despite trade talks over the next year, each country continued to impose more tariffs.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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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
During the campaign, Eisenhower promised only modest changes to Truman’s foreign policies, both on Korea and on containment more generally, pledging merely to bring more competence and frugality to their implementation.
—Steven Casey, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2015
The spread of frugality is hurting China’s economy Oct. 24, 2024
Despite trade talks over the next year, each country continued to impose more tariffs.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frugality
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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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Inflation picked up speed in December as the U.S. economy showed unexpected signs of strength at the end of 2024.Tobias Burns, The Hill, 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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This can appeal to cautious retirees who are very concerned about outliving their savings.Steve Vernon, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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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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