1
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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Noun
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These federal agencies regulate critical areas of the U.S. economy and society, including the stock market, product safety, fraud and corruption, the money supply, labor relations, monopolies, nuclear power, the media and elections.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025 -
For instance, Congress created a Strategic Petroleum Reserve in 1975 after the Arab oil embargo crisis caused gas shortages across the country and decimated the American economy.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
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At the last minute, a relative rode to the rescue—as, later, did a wealthy aunt, who plucked him out of poverty and sent him to private school.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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But poverty trends should not be getting increasingly bleak.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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One of the few remaining positives in his life is upended before the pilot comes to a close, pushing poor Ted that much further into misery.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Feb. 2025
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Human misery and environmental devastation proved the cost of turning coffee from a luxury good into a staple.—
Peter S. Goodman,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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These innovations enable companies to balance cost savings with employee experience, rather than imposing rigid RTO mandates that drive attrition.—
Solange Charas,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Musk and President Donald Trump have defended DOGE's work, saying it's led to billions of dollars in savings.—
DAVID KLEPPER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Everything is either a complete accident or divine providence, the movie suggests.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
7 Feb. 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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The parsimony has so far delivered one FA Cup and an on-field blueprint as devoid of life as most others since the Ferguson era ended.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 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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“Penuriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penuriousness. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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