skimp (on)

as in to stint (on)
to use or give out in stingy amounts I'd like a baked potato, and don't skimp on the sour cream

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  • As the list below shows, measuring the area on Google Maps reveals that each of Disney's existing theme parks should comfortably fit into the north Yas site with more than 100 acres to spare.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • With just hours to spare before South Park‘s Season 27 premiere tonight, the show’s future has been locked in for the next five years.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 July 2025
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  • By scanting this complexity, Remnick leaves readers with a less than totally satisfying depiction of Obama's encounter with the world of black Chicago.
    Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2010
  • Trump captured attention his first time around, in part, by talking about issues that other candidates scanted: the threat of China, chaos at the southern border.
    NR Editors, National Review, 22 Dec. 2023
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“Skimp (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimp%20%28on%29. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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