penny-pinching
Example Sentences
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What’s happening now is a mix of penny-pinching and finger-pointing.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 24, 2026
It’s nothing but buck-passing middlemen in league with penny-pinching hospital executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
The issue stems from an unconventional bit of penny-pinching from the world's richest man.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2025
In the penny-pinching era, railroads “didn’t want to put money back into the infrastructure, including on-duty facilities,” said Jeremy Ferguson of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Norfolk’s biggest union.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
You get in trouble if you're too openly penny-pinching.
From Starman's Quest by Stan Mack
