scrimped

verb

past tense of scrimp
as in saved
to avoid unnecessary waste or expense had to scrimp and save for years in order to be able to afford a house

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Recent Examples of scrimped But that isn’t because the five-star hotel has scrimped on the restoration work – far from it. — Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 29 July 2026 The world-class training facility owes its existence to the dedication of a group of volunteers, who scrimped and saved for well over a decade to get their own curling space. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026 While administrations scrimped, the fleet aged. — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026 The power went out intermittently, and families scrimped to get enough food. — Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 But while independent vendors, including big name designers with relatively small businesses, scrimped and saved and struggled to get by without, Saks Global found the money to pay brands at the tippy top of the fashion pyramid. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrimped
  1. saved
  2. spared
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  • Evidence on price caps Researchers found that after two years under the price limit, Oregon saved over $107 million and outpatient prices per procedure fell by 25%.
    — Alex Olgin, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Overall, more than 250 million people globally received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, while COVID vaccinations as a whole are estimated to have saved at least 14 million lives in the first year of their rollout alone.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of saved
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  • Even the National Weather Service’s Oxnard station wasn’t spared — topping out at 87 degrees, besting a record of 85 set in 1931.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Strong El Niño events, such as the one revving up in the tropical Pacific, have rarely spared the Golden State from significant and damaging consequences.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of spared

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“Scrimped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrimped. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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