scrimping

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 • Nov. 26, 2025

"It's literally scrimping and scraping to be able to manage to get one lesson a week," she says.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

But experts say that’s bad news for the economy, because widespread scrimping is contributing to a dramatic slowdown in growth this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

With housing prices falling and stocks prices limping along, even middle-class families are scrimping rather than spending.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2024

E was scrimping in every way; his case was growing desperate.

From In the Footprints of the Padres by Stoddard, Charles Warren