as in economy
careful management of material resources
her lifelong frugality has enabled her to save enough money to go to college next year
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Recent Examples of frugality
The only franchises approaching the A’s frugality are the St. Louis Cardinals (largest total contract value was $130 million to Paul Goldschmidt in 2020), Pittsburgh Pirates ($106.8 million to Bryan Reynolds in 2023) and Chicago White Sox ($75 million to Andrew Benintendi in 2023).
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 5 Dec. 2024
At the same time, young folks’ frugality is being driven by more than pocketbook concerns, Lawrence said.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Franklin’s virtues are: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.
—Michael Maguire, Boston Herald, 19 Aug. 2024
This required immense discipline, frugality, and a laser focus on delivering value to early adopters.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 5 Dec. 2024
At the same time, young folks’ frugality is being driven by more than pocketbook concerns, Lawrence said.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
Franklin’s virtues are: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.
—Michael Maguire, Boston Herald, 19 Aug. 2024
This required immense discipline, frugality, and a laser focus on delivering value to early adopters.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frugality
Noun
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These federal agencies regulate critical areas of the U.S. economy and society, including the stock market, product safety, fraud and corruption, the money supply, labor relations, monopolies, nuclear power, the media and elections.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
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In its most optimistic outcome, Trump’s tariff strategy aims to achieve several ambitious objectives that could transform the U.S. economy.—
Adam Sarhan,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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These innovations enable companies to balance cost savings with employee experience, rather than imposing rigid RTO mandates that drive attrition.—
Solange Charas,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Musk and President Donald Trump have defended DOGE's work, saying it's led to billions of dollars in savings.—
DAVID KLEPPER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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The program will be in a small Apple Street mall owned by the North County LGBTQ Resource Center, which in September moved into the former site of Bread of Life, a homeless service provider that operated a winter shelter, thrift store and pantry for several years on the property.—
Gary Warth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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This would be the point in the movie where a montage of hunting for trying on tuxedos at various thrift stores would go, however the news machine required us to feed it so organizing an in-person hunt was not possible.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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The parsimony has so far delivered one FA Cup and an on-field blueprint as devoid of life as most others since the Ferguson era ended.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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And even if the existing global public health architecture survives this time of parsimony and austerity, it will have been remodeled along the way.—
Laurie Garrett,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Mar. 2012
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“Frugality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frugality. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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