scrimping
Example Sentences
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Scrimping on administrative personnel can interfere with hiring, and retaining, the HR professionals nonprofits need.
From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2018
Scrimping to pay her tuition, he sold the land he owned in his village, borrowed money and worked 16-hour shifts loading baggage at the international airport in the capital.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2013
Scrimping now so we will inevitably pay more later -- whether for healthcare, or to clean up after tornadoes, or for picking up the pieces after another economic meltdown -- is profoundly irresponsible.
From Salon • May 25, 2011
Scrimping to make up the balance, Regina sent him off to Oklahoma.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
