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
They’re very frugal and save a lot, yet they also have a “can’t take it with us” mindset.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
It wasn’t just the time and distraction that worried him; although he was frugal, he doubted he would ever make enough money by collecting beetles and writing about coral.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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