penny-pinching
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What’s happening now is a mix of penny-pinching and finger-pointing.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026
As the child of penny-pinching Sicilian parents, I’m all too familiar with the dread surrounding the thermostat come midwinter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
But Trump famously keeps close watch over his operations and prides himself on penny-pinching.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024
In the penny-pinching era, railroads “didn’t want to put money back into the infrastructure, including on-duty facilities,” said Jeremy Ferguson of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Norfolk’s biggest union.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024
You get in trouble if you're too openly penny-pinching.
From Starman's Quest by Mack, Stan
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