scrimp

Example Sentences

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Shoppers are not necessarily scrimping on their holiday budgets, but amid economic uncertainty and a cooling labor market, they’re more focused on scoring the best deals, data suggest.

From MarketWatch

My mom and dad were extremely frugal; they scrimped and saved.

From MarketWatch

Perhaps they might think of their parents who weren’t able to have a “maximum level of enjoyment” while they scrimped and saved to come up with $86,926 for tuition and fees each year.

From The Wall Street Journal

She meets and marries fellow student Jen Chao-Pe, and together they move into a dilapidated walk-up in Washington Heights, where Agnes learns to scrimp and save and paint her own walls.

From Los Angeles Times

For years, the Hillsborough families had had to scrimp, save, and fundraise to pay for lawyers.

From BBC