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Or perhaps, if you can sense that coming, you could economize your care a few years in, so that you can stretch the funds further.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

He pointed to resilient consumer spending, continued business investment, and rising productivity, while acknowledging pressure on lower-income households that are trading down and trying to economize.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

“Our strategy is to economize on the less important stuff but never save money on the stuff that really matters,” said Terekh, who used to run a company manufacturing furniture for Ukraine’s middle class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

In France, we really had to economize how we shoot things.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

Mother had spent a good bit of money buying us new outfits so that we would make a good impression in California, and she thought she ought to economize on train accommodations.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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

Huet and Geyler, introduced, we are told, into the mechanical treatment of metals, a principle which greatly economizes fluid.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

This one has its advantages; it is only about a hundred feet from the prison, which economized and still economizes the tumbrel and the horse of M. de Bourg.

From The Companions of Jehu by Alexandre Dumas père

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

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

“I think in an economized and puritanical world that is putting a priority on reason, to do something nonsensical is a strong and life-affirming experience, which puts everything in perspective.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2015

He invented the Franklin stove, which economized fuel, and suggested valuable improvements in ventilation and the building of chimneys.

From Inventors by Philip Gengembre Hubert

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

Pappus of Alexandria declared that bees “possessed a divine sense of symmetry,” and Charles Darwin described the honeycomb as a masterpiece of engineering that is “absolutely perfect in economizing labor and wax.”

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2015

Theresa’s salary was barely enough; they were economizing less stringently than before, but still had to watch their expenses.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen