stinginess

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Noun
  • Questions about the direction of the U.S. economy have gained momentum in the days following Donald Trump’s presidential election victory.
    Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
  • In addition to the consequences for the global economy, an increase in U.S.-China tensions would have far-reaching implications for U.S. allies in the Asia-Pacific region such as South Korea, Japan and Australia.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Instead of going back to the well for more public funds, AC Transit should look at the cost side of the ledger, focusing on savings opportunities other than service cuts.
    Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • This decrease was attributed to a savings initiative to offset the decline in revenue.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Trump’s 90-minute acceptance speech, which quickly moved from providence to policy and jabs at his opponent, President Joe Biden, was almost secular compared to some speakers earlier in the evening.
    Chris Ullery, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • The concepts of divine intervention and providence have a long record in American history.
    Newt Gingrich, Orlando Sentinel, 21 July 2024
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