frugal
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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
What people should know about me is I am a quite frugal person,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
A year on, much of the planned $584 billion infrastructure plan remains unspent, locked behind bureaucratic bottlenecks set up to guard against excessive spending in the notoriously frugal country.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
But that doesn’t mean Apple is being frugal, either.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
The frugal Mrs. Platt, if she still inhabits her sallow rooms, will not be displeased.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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