skimp

Karia doesn’t skimp on it, but then again, neither did Shakespeare, and the film is faithful, even if nipped and tucked for running time’s sake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

It may be “close to a breaking point. its board of directors need to wake up and realize that they can’t skimp on investments,” Harteveldt said.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026

If a company wants to attract and retain the talent it needs to thrive, it can’t skimp on compensation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025

Janis James, chief executive of Good Egg Safety, urged parents not to "skimp" on cash when purchasing car seats for children.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025

Having made a special case of Ernest Lawrence in one of his first official acts as Berkeley’s president, Sproul was not about to skimp on his new star’s research budget.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

But that doesn’t mean it skimps on activities, thanks in part to its $115 million refresh in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2025

A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis - a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread - to save on cooking oil.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis — a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread — to save on cooking oil.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

She allows Belly to be a teenager in all of her messy glory, but never skimps on the enthusiastic charisma and vulnerability that lends authenticity.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2022

The workman who "skimps his work" is just as much a53 rascal as the "director" who corners a crop.

From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Ambrose Bierce

Nietzsche said God is dead, but skimped on details of how we’d deal with the corpse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Companies have skimped on dividends amid an epic bull run for stock prices, leaving the S&P 500’s yield of just 1.1% looking like finance’s vestigial tailbone—an evolutionary holdover without a clear purpose.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

Economists say the government skimped on investment in infrastructure, renewable energy and digitalization — gaps it is now trying to make up.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023

Citroen's Koskas said the carmaker had no desire to make the new C3 a "technological Christmas tree" but had not skimped on what mattered.

From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2023

I had no time to tell him that his friend Rasseem had not skimped either.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

A public debate is raging over for-profit schools, which critics say make money by skimping on playgrounds, libraries and staff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

"Sometimes I would have asked my mum after we'd ended up in hospital overnight if she could transfer me money as I wasn't expecting to be here, we were skimping to get by," she said.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

McGuffey, who heads a security consultancy, said that the cash management industry has been hurt by companies taking “severe shortcuts,” such as requiring employees to work longer hours, squeezing wages and skimping on personnel.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024

But Trader Joe's is also exceptionally good at selling these knockoffs without skimping on their original flavors.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2023

It’s cold here, they’ve been skimping on the heat.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood