frugal
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The family, with three children still at home, tends to be frugal, and $5,000 would have been about a full month of living expenses for them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
So much aspirational frugal cooking quietly assumes you have endless time, energy and executive function to devote to homemade bread, all-day braises and deeply involved kitchen projects.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
When the frugal couple retired early, the relationship broke down.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
What people should know about me is I am a quite frugal person,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
I actually imagined my mother, as frugal as she was, waking up from a coma and saying, “You spent how much.? You idiot. You should have saved that money to look after your brothers.”
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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