penny-pinching

Example Sentences

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A difficult economic environment, in which penny-pinching consumers are less likely to splurge on gifts for themselves, didn’t help.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

All this penny-pinching has reduced the appetite of restaurants and food preparers to hire more workers.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 18, 2025

But Trump famously keeps close watch over his operations and prides himself on penny-pinching.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024

In the penny-pinching era, railroads “didn’t want to put money back into the infrastructure, including on-duty facilities,” said Jeremy Ferguson of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Norfolk’s biggest union.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024

I never thought I'd be agreeing with Old Man Dawson, the penny-pinching old land-thief—and a fine briber he is, too.

From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair