thrifty
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Fairly early in his lengthy investment career, in the mid-1960s, this thrifty son of Yorkshire, England, grew besotted with speculative small-cap stocks.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
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From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025
That thrifty spirit I cultivated when I was in my 20s is back—but why couldn’t I hold on to it when my income was at its peak?
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
With public money, as well as policing resources, tight, Maggie has been thrifty at finding cash from elsewhere, including through grants from businesses such as the Co-op.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024
Not only were they thrifty and industrious, as one would suppose from their origin, but they were also brave.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing thrifty
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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