as in to skimp (on)
to use or give out in stingy amounts
the entrées would be worth these prices if the restaurant didn't stint on the side dishes so much
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By scanting this complexity, Remnick leaves readers with a less than totally satisfying depiction of Obama's encounter with the world of black Chicago.—
Walter Russell Mead,
Foreign Affairs,
1 July 2010 -
Trump captured attention his first time around, in part, by talking about issues that other candidates scanted: the threat of China, chaos at the southern border.—
NR Editors,
National Review,
22 Dec. 2023
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June eventually found herself at Serena’s mercy and was spared; June then, as luck would have it, delivered Serena’s baby and was later reunited with Luke.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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President Donald Trump's federal cost-cutting efforts, led by billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, have not spared an agency that otherwise operates and funds itself independently.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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Under the thoughtful stewardship of its current owners, the forested land is being conserved and the gardens have been lovingly reimagined to pay tribute to their original designer, Ellen Biddle Shipman, one of America’s first female landscape architects.—
Amy Astley,
Architectural Digest,
18 Mar. 2025
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To conserve means to protect from harm or destruction.—
Mark Sandy,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Stint (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stint%20%28on%29. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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