stint
verb (used without object)
to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance.
stints
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present tense formof stint (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Smith served more than 70 years behind bars - other than three short stints of freedom.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
When the time came to get an education, he skipped College Station for stints in New Haven and Cambridge.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
He would go on to stints at Baidu and Google before joining OpenAI in 2016.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Over the past decade, I’ve moved from college in South Carolina to stints in a few local newsrooms to finally landing in New York in 2023.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Before that, his career with horses stretched back to boyhood, with stints as a deer hunter, sheep-ranch foreman, mountain-lion tracker.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
