scrimping
Example Sentences
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“We have been scrimping for a long time.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Related: ‘I worked very hard’: I’m 71 and have $6 million after scrimping and saving.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
"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
It looked as if our days of financial scrimping were gone forever.
From An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker by Parker, Cornelia Stratton
