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“Our strategy is to economize on the less important stuff but never save money on the stuff that really matters,” said Terekh, who used to run a company manufacturing furniture for Ukraine’s middle class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

Investment in AI will keep boosting stocks, spending by wealthier people will support the economy as the less well-off economize, and uncertainty about trade will diminish, but remain a factor.

From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025

Even if some consumers are feeling skittish about Thanksgiving, experts are quick to point out there are always ways to economize for the holiday.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2025

Another way couples economize on weddings is to have that dream destination wedding, knowing that some people just won’t go.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2024

Helen continued to look for work, and to economize.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Monique Louvigny, an event coordinator in the San Francisco Bay Area, economizes where she can.

From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2024

Even laboratory mice, if deprived of food, can enter a state called torpor, a kind of standby mode that economizes energy.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2023

“That’s one of the reasons why he’s a pretty effective leader — it’s because he economizes words,” said Josh Holmes, a former chief of staff for Mr. McConnell who remains close to him.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2018

Machinery not only adds to human power, and economizes human time, but it works up the most common materials into articles of value, and equalizes the use of valuable materials.

From Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Charles Knight

The method of committing by wholes instead of parts not only economizes time and effort in the learning, but also gives a better sense of unity and meaning to the matter memorized.

From The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts

Jewison economized by having his cinematographer use a hand-held camera instead of fancier equipment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

Jane and Maria economized and traded on their fame by making lengthy sojourns in the homes of the wealthy patrons they cultivated.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022

There may be no more tiny, fragile body than Charlie Brown’s—the abbreviated torso, economized limbs, and naked, vulnerable head.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 6, 2019

“I think in an economized and puritanical world that is putting a priority on reason, to do something nonsensical is a strong and life-affirming experience, which puts everything in perspective.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2015

And so she economized more and more, wearing her gowns till they became shiny, till Addie said that Mamma was losing all her daintiness in her old age.

From Dr. Adriaan by Louis Couperus

Dollar stores aren’t the only retail option when it comes to economizing on Easter spending.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

The pilot programs have taken different approaches to economizing.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

He doesn’t think economizing on lighting will dissuade tourists from coming to the city, which holds two Christmas markets that attract hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

If you still need to make cuts, that’s where you may have to be strategic about economizing.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2022

Theresa’s salary was barely enough; they were economizing less stringently than before, but still had to watch their expenses.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen