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Or perhaps, if you can sense that coming, you could economize your care a few years in, so that you can stretch the funds further.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

“Once you get this intense level of demand for these goods in a given geographic region, it makes sense to essentially establish a stocking location nearby to economize on transportation costs,” Miller said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

He pointed to resilient consumer spending, continued business investment, and rising productivity, while acknowledging pressure on lower-income households that are trading down and trying to economize.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

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

It irritated her, but she was ashamed to confess it, and now and then she tried to console herself by buying something pretty, so that Sallie needn’t think she had to economize.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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

The latter shape manifestly economizes labor in the manufacture and space in stowage, while it is hardly more liable than the former to waste by breakage.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various

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

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

Fleury had economized in the army and navy, as elsewhere, and when in 1733 war was forced upon him he was hardly prepared.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

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

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

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2022

Consumers have so far absorbed higher prices, but analysts fear they could start economizing if higher prices persist too long.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021

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