as in spared
to use or give out in stingy amounts
don't scant the peanut butter on those sandwiches!
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Verb
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Bird’s no vote and absence may have spared her attack ads from Evans.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2026 -
The winds spared the shopping district located at Howard and Lexington streets.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Remnants of six coils of fragile leather thong were also preserved on the shaft.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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Even if there were sites that did not get preserved, or were demolished, there were debates over whether that should happen.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The eastern shoreline of Tuckertown Reservoir, totaling 2,420 acres and 31 miles of shoreline, was purchased and conserved in 2021.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Jan. 2026
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It is now being conserved under the supervision of county archaeologist Kristoffer Dahle, Dybvik noted.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Scanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scanted. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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