thriftiness

Example Sentences

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Consumer companies are counting on consumers’ thriftiness to go away eventually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Choosing to do it himself shows competence, thriftiness and humility, which may be why this bit clicked so broadly.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2024

Pieced-together bedding has demonstrated thriftiness, whether for contemporary Japanese householders enveloping futons in plaid fragments, or Gilded Age wives making coverlets out of golden silk ribbons from their husbands’ cigar packages.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Events will include craft demonstrations, re-enactments and some will even highlight the Viking's thriftiness, Mr Henry said.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2023

The wagons were overflowing with small children; coops of fowls swung from behind, and a general air of thriftiness seemed to be characteristic of the company.

From The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas by Rogers, W. A. (William Allen)