frugality

Example Sentences

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If the cultural mood continues tilting toward frugality and retreat, companies that built strategies on steady upward mobility may need to revise expectations.

From MarketWatch

Numbers had been cut back even further for the Diamond Jubilee in 2012, when only six people were on the balcony, in a show of frugality at a time of economic austerity.

From BBC

As with the queen, palace aides over the years have shared stories about Charles’s frugality, in his case grounded in ardent environmentalism.

From Washington Post

At a street market in Suzhou, a butcher named Jiang Yongming stood behind a table covered in slabs of raw pork and complained about the lingering frugality of his neighborhood’s residents.

From New York Times

Investors began prioritizing profits over subscriber gains, ushering in a new frugality across Hollywood.

From Reuters