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Taken together, however, these traits result in an interpretation of these fossils that is far more parsimonious than any alternative hypothesis.

Giving people money is “the most direct and parsimonious way to eliminate poverty,” Darrick Hamilton, the director of the institute and one of the authors of the plan, told Vox.

From Vox

To the authors of “Proximal Origins,” these similar viruses offered “strong” and “parsimonious” evidence for natural emergence.

It promises to be a parsimonious solution to the age-old problem of preventing unwanted pregnancies.

The wealthy want to be seen as even more parsimonious, to offset the incriminating millions in their bank accounts.

Does anyone else remember a simpler, more parsimonious America?

Over the course of these novels, the style becomes increasingly parsimonious, reaching its apotheosis in The Golden Bowl.

The U.S. will never be as parsimonious with energy as a Scandinavian country.

A miser having heard of another still more parsimonious than himself, waited on him to gain instruction.

There is no good reason why any town in Massachusetts should be negligent or parsimonious in these particulars.

Worldly fame has been parsimonious of her favor to the memory of those generous companions.

Cadaverous, simply because he was too parsimonious to provide sufficient nourishing food to meet the demands of such a huge body.

They know, I can tell you, and they despise parsimonious people who try to make their old things do forever.

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On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to parsimonious, such as: avaricious, chintzy, close, frugal, greedy, and illiberal.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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