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parsimonious

[pahr-suh-moh-nee-uhs] / ˌpɑr səˈmoʊ ni əs /


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“It’s the most parsimonious explanation, but it may not be the only one.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Advisers can try to reason with a parsimonious client.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

Mills was parsimonious while also accounting for Originals' three most dangerous batters.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

The modern era of parsimonious pardoning began in the late 1970s, when the attorney general delegated the task of recommending pardons to a bureaucracy within the Justice Department.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2024

This may prove me as parsimonious as my father, but who spends that much money on corny inflatable light-up Santa Clauses and spinning, singing reindeer?

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King




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