skimp

“We tend not to see farmers skimp on seeds,” Andrews says.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

Karia doesn’t skimp on it, but then again, neither did Shakespeare, and the film is faithful, even if nipped and tucked for running time’s sake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

It’s what I like to call a maximalist egg — an egg, whether omelet, scrambled, or even hard-boiled, that doesn’t skimp on anything.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

Others skimp on breakfast and lunch and try to save their allowance of dollars and calories for dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Having made a special case of Ernest Lawrence in one of his first official acts as Berkeley’s president, Sproul was not about to skimp on his new star’s research budget.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Mann neither skimps on visceral excitement nor soft-pedals the horror, which makes Enzo’s indifference seem all the more maddening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023

A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis - a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread - to save on cooking oil.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

She allows Belly to be a teenager in all of her messy glory, but never skimps on the enthusiastic charisma and vulnerability that lends authenticity.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2022

The exhibition at David Nolan skimps on inside intelligence.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

"But I tell you this in all honesty, Jack Welles; Mrs. Hildreth puts too much salt in her oatmeal, to my way of thinking, and she skimps on the shortening in her pie crust."

From Rainbow Hill by Gooch, Thelma

Nietzsche said God is dead, but skimped on details of how we’d deal with the corpse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Companies have skimped on dividends amid an epic bull run for stock prices, leaving the S&P 500’s yield of just 1.1% looking like finance’s vestigial tailbone—an evolutionary holdover without a clear purpose.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

Prosecutors contend the armorer repeatedly skipped or skimped on standard gun-safety protocols that might have detected live rounds on set.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

Citroen's Koskas said the carmaker had no desire to make the new C3 a "technological Christmas tree" but had not skimped on what mattered.

From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2023

I had no time to tell him that his friend Rasseem had not skimped either.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

A public debate is raging over for-profit schools, which critics say make money by skimping on playgrounds, libraries and staff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

"Sometimes I would have asked my mum after we'd ended up in hospital overnight if she could transfer me money as I wasn't expecting to be here, we were skimping to get by," she said.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

TJ’s Maple Leaf Ice Cream Sandwiches are made in Canada by a Canadian confectioner — so you know TJ’s isn’t skimping on any maple flavorings.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2025

After any natural disaster, horror stories invariably crop up about insurance companies skimping or dragging their feet on payments to vulnerable homeowners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025

It’s cold here, they’ve been skimping on the heat.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood