as in to save
to avoid unnecessary waste or expense
in tough times people learn how to economize
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Recent Examples of economize
All four of them sewed—my mother and her sister-in-law, to economize on dresses for themselves and their daughters.
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Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
Hotels and airlines are increasingly catering to high-dollar customers, who’ve been expanding their holiday travel plans while lower-income ones economize.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Healthcare providers can consider investing in the development of new, high-value treatments and technological approaches that improve outcomes while economizing on long-term costs, such as innovative practices that use minimally invasive surgical strategies.
—Shakeel Ahmed, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
With London looking to economize abroad, British diplomats told their American counterparts in February 1947 that the United Kingdom would withdraw from the eastern Mediterranean, leaving a power vacuum in Greece and Turkey.
—Melvyn P. Leffler, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
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Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
Hotels and airlines are increasingly catering to high-dollar customers, who’ve been expanding their holiday travel plans while lower-income ones economize.
—J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Healthcare providers can consider investing in the development of new, high-value treatments and technological approaches that improve outcomes while economizing on long-term costs, such as innovative practices that use minimally invasive surgical strategies.
—Shakeel Ahmed, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
With London looking to economize abroad, British diplomats told their American counterparts in February 1947 that the United Kingdom would withdraw from the eastern Mediterranean, leaving a power vacuum in Greece and Turkey.
—Melvyn P. Leffler, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for economize
Verb
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Judging by his big grin, though, the best topic was saved till last when asked to describe Estevao’s display.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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By benching Wilson, Denver made sure that he couldn’t get injured and was consequently able to save money on his release.—
Frank Nunns OConnell,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Biologists believe reptiles evolved this unique system as a way to conserve water, but have long wondered how the urates don’t ultimately end up harming the animals.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 Oct. 2025
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To help conserve the population, do not attempt to collect any of the beetles to take home with you.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Oct. 2025
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Wars and insurrections have afflicted other parts of the Middle East, but Baghdad—a city whose name was once synonymous with suicide bombings and sectarian murder—has been spared.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
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Earth, a tiny target in the vastness of space, would often be spared from being hit by these magnetic projectiles.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Economize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economize. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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