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Some people wield them parsimoniously; others dole them out willy-nilly.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 5, 2015

Joy—in movies, in conversation, in language, in life—was not something that Roger Ebert meted out parsimoniously.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2013

Even geosynchronous satellite communication is aimed down, parsimoniously covering only a portion of Earth’s surface.

From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2011

But Damasio scoffs, saying that these results “can be parsimoniously interpreted in the context of the abundant evidence that mind processes operate nonconsciously.”

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2010

He lived parsimoniously, was frugal in food and drink, his clothes were beyond description; he looked like a beggar, but kept on saving and putting money in the bank.

From The Wife, and other stories by Garnett, Constance




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