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Plenty of working families are raising children and having fruitful social lives on median incomes or even less: Living thriftily is not the same as living penuriously or meanly.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

Thanking Scholz for a trustful cooperation during coalition negotiations, Lindner vowed to respect the fiscal rules of the constitution, use taxpayers money thriftily and strive for solid public finances.

From Reuters Dec. 9, 2021

Many other dramas set in the trenches have thriftily relied upon re-purposed second world war helmets.

From The Guardian Dec. 7, 2019

After years of writing to deadlines time has indeed become money for me, and I cannot afford to squander any of it − thriftily insomniac Mrs Thatcher would approve.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2015

“I could not do so well as mother, but yet I do feel that I could manage more thriftily than thy servants.”

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster