be parsimonious
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Example: In this campaign, there is no room to be parsimonious.
From Time ● Jul. 27, 2015
But she knew his core belief: the government should be parsimonious with voters' money.
From Time ● Feb. 4, 2010
To battle inflation, Lyndon Johnson has told consumers that it is patriotic to be parsimonious, and a lot of people are willing to heed him.
From Time Magazine Archive
They shall see that I possess wealth; they shall see that though I may be parsimonious ordinarily, still I can spend as well as any of them when an occasion offers.
And being of New England, he would always be parsimonious with flatteries.
From In a Little Town by Rupert Hughes
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