skimp
Example Sentences
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Like many advisers, Mallon urges his older clients to prioritize their own needs — and live large — rather than skimp and save so that their heirs inherit more.
From MarketWatch
Nietzsche said God is dead, but skimped on details of how we’d deal with the corpse.
Others skimp on breakfast and lunch and try to save their allowance of dollars and calories for dinner.
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
If utilities can’t pass on their costs, they will skimp on maintenance.
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