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Some people wield them parsimoniously; others dole them out willy-nilly.

From The New Yorker Jan. 5, 2015

Joy—in movies, in conversation, in language, in life—was not something that Roger Ebert meted out parsimoniously.

From Slate Apr. 5, 2013

Even geosynchronous satellite communication is aimed down, parsimoniously covering only a portion of Earth’s surface.

From Scientific American Apr. 22, 2011

But Damasio scoffs, saying that these results “can be parsimoniously interpreted in the context of the abundant evidence that mind processes operate nonconsciously.”

From New York Times Nov. 28, 2010

He was an electrical engineer, with an office in the city, and had a tolerably good income, although his first wife's New England thrift had compelled him to live parsimoniously.

From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.




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