be thrifty
Example Sentences
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The executive chef has to be thrifty to make it all work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Parents have reason to be thrifty this year.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
They also portrayed him as a libertarian who dislikes government regulation and who can be thrifty to a fault.
From The New Yorker ● May 7, 2019
Some of them may be thrifty 25-year-olds living in their old bedrooms while trying to save money for a down payment.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2018
As farmers, if they were to be farmers, they would need to be thrifty, especially so in such a climate.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by John R. Spears
