spare

I’d take a run in the early morning, then hit the buffet, with time to spare to get to our booth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Hammer has not made a film since 2008’s “Ballast,” another spare drama about brittle lives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Morrill also said in a reply to a comment on X that Tesla will maintain spare parts for the model.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

The decision to spare death row inmates is largely symbolic in a state that has not executed a prisoner since 2006, though experts say it could save millions of dollars in court costs each year.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Grandma senses that and says, “This is a major decision. You can spare a few hours to make sure you’re making the right one.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

From Gucci wallpaper to a $2 million two-level pool with a luxury hot tub and a fully equipped outdoor kitchen, the family’s former property spares no expense.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

"It spares no-one, dead or alive," said Ajith Sunghay, local head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

“While nothing can undo the loss of Zayde, this resolution spares his loved ones from having to relive these horrific events through a lengthy and painful jury trial.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

The pope will arrive by helicopter, a diplomatic subtlety that spares him from landing on French soil without actually visiting France.

From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026

“Yeah, Dad, the Marine Corps spares no expense on those I.D. photographs. It must cost them at least a nickel for every million dependents they take pictures of,” Ben said.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Christopher Rountree, Long Beach Opera’s music director, conducts an ensemble of nine, but often the instrumental textures are sparer than even those modest forces.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

Both Churchill and Zelenskyy inspired with their rhetoric, though Churchill’s words were more grandiose, while the Ukrainian leader’s message is sparer and more direct.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022

Though its sparer instrumentation deviates from the futuristic electronic synthesis of “Running Up That Hill,” it shares in the song’s openness and wonder, in its enlightened feeling of breaking through.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

The collection and staging were sparer and less eccentric than his usual fare.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 22, 2019

Welkie noted the half-ironical smile, but he answered simply, evenly: "It's not in me; but I'd live even a sparer life than I do, if I thought anybody after me had a chance."

From Sonnie-Boy's People by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly

The softer light makes even the sparest of holiday décor feel homier.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

He’s known to demand only the sparest detail in his briefings, and his workdays frequently include hours watching cable news and posting on Twitter.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2020

She painted that too, in one of her sparest and most modern pictures: a red hand and forearm lost in a sea of black, interrupted by a shaft of white suggesting an absent god.

From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2020

Here’s Berlin’s great gift — or, one of them: the power to spark life on the page using the sparest of words.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2018

They understood each other, using the sparest words.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"Hundreds of thousands of foreign care workers and their families will be spared" as a result of Shabana Mahmood's "back down on curbs to immigration", the Times reports.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Contacted by The Times on Thursday, Niemi seemed stunned that David was spared from prosecution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

I had invited them into my apartment expecting an awkward demonstration, but the work was remarkably thorough and spared me from having to do it myself.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

While she has to eventually give back some £23,000 in welfare money, she was spared jail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

I’d whispered at that moment, but once again we were spared.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

In principle, the reaction would occur primarily in cancer cells, where enough carbon monoxide is available, while sparing normal cells.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Cogan also said Zamabda deserved credit for sparing the government the difficulty and cost of going to trial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The tech giant said it had “never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly” as it lifted prices by as much as 25% on key items, while sparing increases for its signature iPhone.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has a pleasant surprise for dozens of New York City landlords: He is sparing them from his proposed rent freeze this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

“Okay, guys, be sparing with the ink, so everyone gets enough. Share. But don’t take too long either, or it might all dry all up.”

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder