stingy
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Companies have bought back gobs of stock while turning stingy on dividends—they like that buybacks don’t require an ongoing commitment.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
The itemized deduction for donations is becoming slightly more stingy for 2026 taxes.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
Paying Griffin is an enormous commitment for a notoriously stingy franchise that has so often served as a glorified farm club for wealthier opponents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
But turnovers forced by the Bruins’ suddenly stingy perimeter defense seem to turbo-charge them on the other end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
Rainie started telling me how stingy and crooked my grandfather was.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Insurers waged an extensive lobbying campaign to push up the final rates, warning that seniors would face higher costs and stingier benefits if federal payments weren’t adequate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
When employers cut jobs because of weak demand, they typically also become stingier with wages for those who remain employed.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
They got stingier on third down — 106th nationally to 21st — and in the red zone — 119th to 69th.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
That’s because the charitable deduction is getting slightly stingier next year for wealthy households that itemize.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
“Or maybe they got rich by being stingier, so they’ll pay less,” Muthu said.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
And the defense morphed into the stingiest unit in the entire sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Goods were auctioned off for a fraction of their value, and owners sometimes took even the stingiest offers just to realize some cash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
The Buccaneers hung 40 points on the NFL’s stingiest defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024
The Titans, with the NFL’s stingiest defense inside their 20, stopped Lawrence a foot short as he tried to reach the ball to the goal line on fourth-and-goal from the 1.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
Whose whims had been taken seriously by adults and who grew up to be the stingiest, greediest people on earth and out of their stinginess grew their stingy little love that ate everything in sight.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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