crimp
Example Sentences
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Read: People are putting less gas in their tanks as high prices crimp budgets, Walmart says.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
Supporters say allowing rentals of non-primary residences will generate needed revenue, but opponents say it will crimp affordable housing supplies.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Higher interest rates are a headwind but shouldn’t crimp overall performance, argued Gabelli portfolio manager Simon Wong and research analyst Timothy Winter in a note last month.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Leaders in the world's second-largest economy have struggled since the pandemic to rely on overseas shipments to support gross domestic product as a long-running property market crisis forces consumers to crimp on spending.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
I turned on a very slow trickle of 02; small enough that it couldn't overpower the crimp.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
