penny-pinching

Example Sentences

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What’s happening now is a mix of penny-pinching and finger-pointing.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026

It’s nothing but buck-passing middlemen in league with penny-pinching hospital executives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

But Trump famously keeps close watch over his operations and prides himself on penny-pinching.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024

Despite his penny-pinching ways, Corman retained good relations with his directors, boasting that he never fired one because, “I wouldn’t want to inflict that humiliation.”

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024

And there'll be no worries to make things hard for us, no penny-pinching and discontent, no—misunderstandings.

From The House of Toys by Miller, Henry Russell