as in to save
to avoid unnecessary waste or expense
in tough times people learn how to economize
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Recent Examples of economize
Or will a string of underperforming blockbusters eventually force Apple to economize?
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
The system charges during off-peak hours and uses what’s stored in the batteries at peak times, thereby economizing on electricity rates.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
Expanding the scale of the operation helped our entrepreneurial diggers economize on the costlier input.
—Alexander William Salter, National Review, 12 Feb. 2024
Besides holding out for even more attractive bargains later into the season, people will also economize by cutting back on gifts to close family and friends.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
The system charges during off-peak hours and uses what’s stored in the batteries at peak times, thereby economizing on electricity rates.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
Expanding the scale of the operation helped our entrepreneurial diggers economize on the costlier input.
—Alexander William Salter, National Review, 12 Feb. 2024
Besides holding out for even more attractive bargains later into the season, people will also economize by cutting back on gifts to close family and friends.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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Adding poignancy, the narrative is interspersed with obituaries of some of the patients Shelly could not save, showing them as human beings and not just names on a medical chart.Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
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Projects save automatically, and even after downloading multiple projects, the total install size remained around 4GB, a fraction of the 512GB microSD in my Switch.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Over the next five years, as the convener of the Atlas, the Group on Earth Observations has ambitious plans to support countries and organizations to make headline progress on the 30 x 30 nature target which calls for 30% of the earth’s land and sea to be conserved.Amy Nguyen, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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As the spacecraft, launched in September 1977, ages, the team has slowly turned off components to conserve power, allowing Voyager 1 to send back unique science data from 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) away.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Rams Rams’ NFC West win over Seattle shows vet leaders such as Cooper Kupp can’t be spared Nov. 4, 2024 Rookie center Beaux Limmer has started since the second game and rookie left guard Justin Dedich started the last three games.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The preschool's post added that the children would be informed of the rabbits' death but would be spared any details.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Economize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economize. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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