as in saved
to avoid unnecessary waste or expense
we must skimp and save if we are going to afford a vacation this summer
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Recent Examples of skimped
Sting’s lawyers have filed a response to the suit as well, claiming that the frontman has not skimped out on his old bandmates.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skimped
Verb
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Even small improvements can translate to billions saved and a measurable climate benefit.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Under the location where the PDF will be saved, set the file type dropdown to PDF.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Older kids and young adults would not be spared.—
Jamie Ducharme,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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My own family hasn’t been spared in any of this.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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Because energy is conserved, and gravitational radiation (also known as a gravitational wave) carries energy, this leads to the decay of the mutual orbits of these masses.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
17 Sep. 2025
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Emory’s shuttles have been running on biodiesel fuel since 2006, and the campus has conserved fuel energy by recycling old cooking oil used in the dining halls.—
Gina Park,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Skimped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skimped. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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