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Recent Examples of sparingly
Red meat is used sparingly, usually only to flavor a dish.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Engineers sparingly tried annealing hardware space, so Juno's experience could be instructive for future missions.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Really the only way to preserve a still like Washington's, which is seemingly in its original form, is to use it sparingly.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
Again, mitigated by the small sample size and the fact Emery intends to overload centrally, only Leeds United have attacked down the right more sparingly than Villa this term (30 per cent).
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Pricing is being used sparingly to avoid consumer pushback.
—John Buckingham, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Safety Kyle Dugger started but played sparingly behind Hawkins and rookie safety Craig Woodson.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Trump on the campaign trail spoke sparingly about Operation Warp Speed, the governmentwide effort to develop an effective vaccine against COVID-19 in 2020.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
Past presidents have used that authority sparingly.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Engineers sparingly tried annealing hardware space, so Juno's experience could be instructive for future missions.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Really the only way to preserve a still like Washington's, which is seemingly in its original form, is to use it sparingly.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
Again, mitigated by the small sample size and the fact Emery intends to overload centrally, only Leeds United have attacked down the right more sparingly than Villa this term (30 per cent).
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Pricing is being used sparingly to avoid consumer pushback.
—John Buckingham, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Safety Kyle Dugger started but played sparingly behind Hawkins and rookie safety Craig Woodson.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Trump on the campaign trail spoke sparingly about Operation Warp Speed, the governmentwide effort to develop an effective vaccine against COVID-19 in 2020.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 3 Sep. 2025
Past presidents have used that authority sparingly.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sparingly
Adverb
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Most available positions are informal, poorly compensated and offer little stability or room for career growth.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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If reserves prove insufficient—or are poorly disclosed—confidence can collapse overnight.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In the current challenging environment, while GPs are selling assets cheaply or not at all, most LPs are focused on buying and selling baskets of secondaries.—
Control Risks,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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This allowed private equity firms (which raise money from wealthy families, pension funds and other organizations to seek out profits, often by buying private companies) and real estate investors to efficiently and cheaply buy, say, a dozen similar homes located in the same Phoenix suburb.—
Alex Mayyasi,
NPR,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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My parents had a lot of conversations with my siblings and me about saving money, living frugally, investing, and planning for retirement.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The economically and socially turbulent time in the United States saw the American Dream changing as the housing market crashed and unemployment hit its highest rate in decades in 2009.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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This work aims to provide farmers and companies with actionable tools to make coffee production both environmentally friendly and economically viable in the long term.—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Alternatives to money transfer apps Mobile apps like Wise and Remitly have emerged to enable users to transfer funds quickly and inexpensively via a user-friendly interface.—
Andreina Rodriguez,Maya Benjamin,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
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The idea is to prepare educators more quickly and inexpensively.—
Gail Richmond,
The Conversation,
4 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Maps show the location of the crash is sparely populated and the two-lane road has no street lighting.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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When opportunities arise, whether lowly paid or not, we’re often left with no other choice than to take the role that pays meagerly.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
1 Sep. 2025
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Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
5 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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That’s frustrating considering the format has always been thriftily priced.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Sparingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sparingly. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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