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

The issue stems from an unconventional bit of penny-pinching from the world's richest man.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025

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

That penny-pinching Skinner wants me to cut corners and get myself into trouble so he can fire me.

From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)