Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Monique Louvigny, an event coordinator in the San Francisco Bay Area, economizes where she can.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2024

Even laboratory mice, if deprived of food, can enter a state called torpor, a kind of standby mode that economizes energy.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

“That’s one of the reasons why he’s a pretty effective leader — it’s because he economizes words,” said Josh Holmes, a former chief of staff for Mr. McConnell who remains close to him.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2018

Though individual instruction is necessary, it should not take the place of this general presentation of the subject-matter, which economizes time and develops the real thought content of the work.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools by Ontario. Ministry of Education

Rotation of crops economizes the natural plant food of the soil and also that which is applied in the form of manure and fertilizer.

From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon