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

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

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025

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

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)