scrimping
Example Sentences
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“We have been scrimping for a long time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
‘I worked very hard’: I’m 71 and have $6 million after scrimping and saving.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
"It's literally scrimping and scraping to be able to manage to get one lesson a week," she says.
From BBC ● May 24, 2025
With housing prices falling and stocks prices limping along, even middle-class families are scrimping rather than spending.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
And he went on scrimping and saving and buying shares so as to have as large a stake in the silver future as possible.
From A Maid of the Silver Sea by John Oxenham