skimp
verb (used without object)
to scrimp.
are skimping
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present progressiveof skimp.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Still, they are skimping a bit on medicines they need.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
So some are skimping on portions instead, a practice known as “shrinkflation.’
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
But it does not seem as if the Clintons are skimping this year.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2013
In their haste, the skeptics say, SDI's managers are skimping on tests that could determine whether the system will actually work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those who are skimping, pinching, almost starving to135 pay their mortgages.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 by Various
