tightfisted
Example Sentences
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The industry’s latest acquisitions, well below $10 billion, reflect a more tightfisted approach to dealmaking than previous periods, when big companies regularly spent tens of billions.
Davis was a centrist who tried to be tightfisted.
From Los Angeles Times
The programme also captures the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, joking with a group of builders that Ms Reeves is the "moneybags" and she is "tightfisted".
From BBC
A much more tightfisted healthcare system means that the share of immigrants without insurance is far higher in Texas.
From Los Angeles Times
UW alums were encouraged to twist the arms of tightfisted friends and neighbors.
From Seattle Times
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