penny-pinching

Example Sentences

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It’s nothing but buck-passing middlemen in league with penny-pinching hospital executives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 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

Despite his penny-pinching ways, Corman retained good relations with his directors, boasting that he never fired one because, “I wouldn’t want to inflict that humiliation.”

From Seattle Times • May 11, 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