economize
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Synonyms
pinch, save, scrimp, skimp, spare
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Sending an all-female crew and a sperm bank lets a space program economize while also increasing the genetic diversity of the parental pool. — National Geographic, "Here’s why women may be the best suited for spaceflight," 17 June 2019 Technological breakthroughs have all been devoted to economizing on fuel by building more efficient engines and more aerodynamic fuselages and wings. — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, "Airbus Shows Danger of Wanting It Bigger and Faster," 14 Feb. 2019 This design from American furniture brand HBF shaves off desktop acreage and stowage, then further economizes by borrowing the face-to-face setup of the partners desk, so apt for today’s idea-sharing worker bees. — Cara Gibbs, WSJ, "The New, Highly Efficient Two-Sided Desk," 27 Sep. 2018 Expanding medical savings accounts and decoupling health plans from employment would create incentives for both consumers and their health-care providers to economize on health-care spending. — Edward C. Prescott And, WSJ, "The Good Times Can Roll On," 23 Aug. 2018 Reaction to us as cheapskates: We were treated courteously throughout by an efficient and friendly staff perhaps used to economizing tourists looking for an experience at the most famous hotel in town. — Fox, Town & Country, "A Table for Mr. Fox," 21 Nov. 2012 Camila and Sergio, a native of Argentina who had been a soccer player of some distinction, often traveled together and found ways to economize. — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "Camila Giorgi Has Talent to Stay on Tour, But Finding Finances a Struggle," 10 Jan. 2014 The practice of rooming strangers together is not just a means to economize, said Jason Robison, the group’s program director. — Doug Smith, latimes.com, "A Venice couple is housing homeless people, one small building at a time," 8 June 2018 Some housewives have spent tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars on their hosts, working extra jobs, economizing on groceries, or extorting their husbands. — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, "Japan’s Rent-a-Family Industry," 23 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'economize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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