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
Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
The idea is to embrace a frugal lifestyle and maximize your savings to retire sooner.
—Morgan Smith, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2024
Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 5 Dec. 2024
At the same time, young folks’ frugality is being driven by more than pocketbook concerns, Lawrence said.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
According to Goddard, who has served as Phoenix mayor and as Arizona attorney general, the state must continue its existing progress in frugal water use.
—Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
The idea is to embrace a frugal lifestyle and maximize your savings to retire sooner.
—Morgan Smith, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2024
Noun
The only franchises approaching the A’s frugality are the St. Louis Cardinals (largest total contract value was $130 million to Paul Goldschmidt in 2020), Pittsburgh Pirates ($106.8 million to Bryan Reynolds in 2023) and Chicago White Sox ($75 million to Andrew Benintendi in 2023).
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 5 Dec. 2024
At the same time, young folks’ frugality is being driven by more than pocketbook concerns, Lawrence said.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frugal
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Another factor in their proliferation is that survival shows—and reality shows in general—are economical to produce.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside Online,
10 Feb. 2025
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Instead, this economical power plant rewards your investment with fabulous fidelity and plenty of ways to connect, including a solid phono input for both Moving Magnet and Moving Coil cartridges.—
Parker Hall,
WIRED,
30 Jan. 2025
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To make all of this a little more ethically dubious, add in the fact that in the creator economy, attention equals money.—
Kelsey McKinney,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The White House on Friday sought to blame former President Joe Biden for lower-than-expected U.S. job gains in January, using the new numbers to argue that President Donald Trump has inherited an ailing economy and temper expectations about inflation.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
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Cutting Smith prior to June 1 would give the Lions nearly $6 million in cap savings without any dead-money penalties.—
Dan Pompei,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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As well as lambasting the bankers for their recklessness and greed, Warren was demanding the creation of a new agency to defend the interests of mortgage holders, savings depositors, credit-card holders, and anybody else who was obliged to deal with banks and other financial companies.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2025
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Not only is saving Parmesan rinds a thrifty move, but cooking with them is an easy way to inject flavor into so many of your favorite dishes.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
18 Jan. 2025
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Utah is one of the most thrifty places on the planet.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Dec. 2024
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Chris Farley biopic in the works with Paul Walter Hauser set to star Oliveros, who also co-wrote the film with Maggie Briggs, first discovered the existence of the game show via a thrift store VHS.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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However, there's no need to break the bank stocking up on these useful items when many of them are sitting in your local thrift store for just a few dollars each.—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
8 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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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 22 Feb. 2025.
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