scrimping
Example Sentences
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“We have been scrimping for a long time.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Shoppers are not necessarily scrimping on their holiday budgets, but amid economic uncertainty and a cooling labor market, they’re more focused on scoring the best deals, data suggest.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025
"It's literally scrimping and scraping to be able to manage to get one lesson a week," she says.
From BBC • May 24, 2025
But experts say that’s bad news for the economy, because widespread scrimping is contributing to a dramatic slowdown in growth this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
When a man is losing his wages and his family is scrimping he ought not to be facing a thirty-dollar-a-week hospital charge.
From The Highgrader by Hutchison, D. C.
