thrifty

Example Sentences

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Boomer must have drawn a boy’s name, because all his compliments came right out of the Boy Scout Rules—thrifty, clean, loyal.

From Literature

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

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

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From MarketWatch

"My grandfather's generation was very frugal, very thrifty. It is part of Chinese tradition. For Chinese people to be economical is in their bones," she says.

From BBC