thrifty
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Even so, she came away with a positive impression of a thrifty, humble and ambitious man, who was sending money home to his family.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
Fairly early in his lengthy investment career, in the mid-1960s, this thrifty son of Yorkshire, England, grew besotted with speculative small-cap stocks.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
“Gen Z, equipped with a thrifty and entrepreneurial mindset, excels in tech-driven platforms, but millennials and Gen X outperform on discipline, diversification, steady retirement contributions and risk management,” Terrell said.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025
It’s thrifty, smart, and impossibly good — a dish that proves you don’t need much more than salt, acid, and time to make something sing.
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2025
This seems like a prudent and thrifty decision at the moment, but it turns out to be a major mistake.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Vocabulary lists containing thrifty
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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