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The King appears to have economized in his living, in order to get more money to use as a corruption fund.

From The Leading Facts of English History by Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry)

We have economized greatly, during the seventeen years since our marriage.

From The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War by Young, F. T.

Unfortunately, however, the architect of the house seems to have economized his construction-apparatus here.

From The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals by Macé, Jean

And now?—oh, yes, my 'friends' would say I am very respectable, but quite poor—but they don't know how I have economized, and how my account stands with Sosthenes the banker at Alexandria.

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns

It is worth while to suggest these things, because most men who go to Greece find, as I did, that, with some better previous information, they could have economized both time and money.

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.