thriftiest
- superlative of thrifty.
Example Sentences
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United already was one of the thriftiest spenders in MLS, and the latest belt-tightening left Olsen squeezing all he could out of a depleted roster.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2020
The typical savings rate of the thriftiest cohort — aged 65 to 69 — topped out at 7.5 percent in 2005.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2015
San Francisco Bay Area water users — some with no lawns —were among the thriftiest, using around 70 gallons of water per person per day.
From US News ● Apr. 2, 2015
Overnight I became the thriftiest person you’ve ever met—bar those people who split their toilet paper in half.
From Forbes ● Sep. 10, 2014
Mount Lebanon, the parent society, and still the thriftiest, was established in 1792, eighty-two years ago.
From The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation by Nordhoff, Charles
