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
Because obsessive, oppressive frugality is the only real way to financial freedom and successful fatherhood.
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Graham Techler, Vulture, 28 June 2024
The spread of frugality is hurting China’s economy.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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
Maybe the Irish can teach them some lessons in frugality.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
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Graham Techler, Vulture, 28 June 2024
The spread of frugality is hurting China’s economy.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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
Maybe the Irish can teach them some lessons in frugality.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frugality
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Yoon had declared martial law late on Dec. 3, the first time in over 40 years that Asia’s fourth-largest economy has seen martial law declared.Lim Hui Jie,Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
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Billions of chestnut trees occupied a critical role in the ecosystem, economy and culinary traditions of the region.Martin Sorge, Chicago Tribune, 16 Dec. 2024
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While an initial investment is required, colocation can lead to significant long-term cost savings.Mark Mahle, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Those initiatives have long been advocated by economists as the population ages, and households squirrel away savings to cover fees in case of a medical emergency.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 13 Dec. 2024
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The chances of you strolling up to a domain registrar and snapping up a domain worth thousands of dollars is about the same as stumbling upon a Jackson Pollock in a thrift store.Darpan Munjal, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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One woman got the shock of her life when opening an advent calendar purchased from a local thrift store.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 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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“Frugality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frugality. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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