frugal
Example Sentences
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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
Despite high nominal debt figures, low interest rates keep payments to a manageable 4% of gross domestic product, less than in frugal Germany, he says.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Because in terms of spending alone, this window was by no means frugal.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
He’s extremely frugal, the kind of guy who drives the same car for twenty years.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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