economize
verb (used without object)
to practice economy; avoid waste or extravagance.
is economizing
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present progressiveof economize (3rd person singular).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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Jordan Trevino, 28, who recently took a better paying job in advertising in Los Angeles with a $100,000 salary, is economizing in little ways — ordering a cheaper entree when out to dinner, for example.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
The company is economizing – sending its prime western zinc plant operations to North Carolina, and downsizing to only one zinc oxide plant in Canada, close to Michelin's operations.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2013
In the meantime, the International Criminal Court is economizing and exploring alternatives large and small: eliminating subsidies for family phone calls or excess baggage, for example, or placing visitors on empty returning military planes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2010
"But just now Monsieur le Comte is economizing, so as to make Soulanges the entailed estate of his peerage."
From Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac
I suspect he is economizing too much to be comfortable.
From Bambi by Marjorie Benton Cooke
