penny-pinching
Example Sentences
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He blamed bureaucracy, not prejudice or penny pinching.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024
Add to that the tech industry’s recent U-turn from optimistic hypergrowth to fear and penny pinching.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2023
It's too early to say what a new emphasis on penny pinching might mean for the Columbia North herd.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 6, 2018
That’s not much, but it continues to feel like ill-disguised penny pinching from the world’s biggest and richest tech company.
From The Verge • Mar. 28, 2018
Brown, a Democrat with a national reputation as a liberal, plays up his penny pinching in California.
From Reuters • Jan. 11, 2013
