economize

That’s an area of discretionary spending where consumers tend to economize first, Faucher says.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

Heuristics is the fancy term for the human readiness to shove phenomena into categories into which they don’t quite fit, mainly to economize on mental effort.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Rubino says she’s aiming to economize as much as possible — and that means everything from buying lower-priced candy in bulk to reusing baskets from previous Easters.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

You figure out what wording makes this joke concise, how to economize with words instead of overtalking, like I’m doing right now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025

Our principle was to economize, to save for tomorrow.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel

Monique Louvigny, an event coordinator in the San Francisco Bay Area, economizes where she can.

From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2024

Even laboratory mice, if deprived of food, can enter a state called torpor, a kind of standby mode that economizes energy.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2023

“That’s one of the reasons why he’s a pretty effective leader — it’s because he economizes words,” said Josh Holmes, a former chief of staff for Mr. McConnell who remains close to him.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2018

But organization directs and economizes power; so that, other elements being equal, the graded school quickly becomes the best school.

From Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

Theoretically the periodic sentence is better than the loose sentence; for it economizes attention.

From English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

Jewison economized by having his cinematographer use a hand-held camera instead of fancier equipment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

Jane and Maria economized and traded on their fame by making lengthy sojourns in the homes of the wealthy patrons they cultivated.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022

The family economized, moving into smaller and smaller homes until late last year, when they finally had to move in with the mother of her partner.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022

There may be no more tiny, fragile body than Charlie Brown’s—the abbreviated torso, economized limbs, and naked, vulnerable head.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 6, 2019

The plan adopted by the Christians saved labour, economized space, and consulted reverence in the deposition of the corpse.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Dollar stores aren’t the only retail option when it comes to economizing on Easter spending.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

The pilot programs have taken different approaches to economizing.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

When you are already economizing hard, any cut feels like it is hitting bone.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2022

Yes, even in the midst of the Great Recession, customers were economizing on Starbucks, but not on more expensive brews.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2015

I walked over to Madison Avenue and started to wait around for a bus because I didn't have hardly any money left and I had to start economizing on cabs and all.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger