as in sparing
to use or give out in stingy amounts
don't scant the peanut butter on those sandwiches!
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scanting
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Today, many women are offered drugs designed to target specific cancer cell mutations, sparing them unnecessary toxicity.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
21 Oct. 2025 -
Gage writes with the style of a young person — with the benefit of hindsight, growth and a now-booming Hollywood career — attempting to find meaning and message in a profoundly complicated early life, without sparing a single devastating or delightful detail.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Oct. 2025
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Our results resonate with growing evidence that preserving today’s living large herbivores and understanding the diversity of their ecological niches is crucial for conserving functional ecosystems.—
Aditya Reddy Kurre,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
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The human body’s strategies for conserving energy have something in common with how bears enter hibernation.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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The property also hosts weddings, conferences and events, and is now managed by a nonprofit board dedicated to preserving the historic campus.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Not to mention preserving summer produce as pepper vinegar, pickled okra, or homemade jams to enjoy throughout the year.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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Every Sunday, Avenida Paulista closes to cars and becomes a pedestrian boulevard with musicians performing on street corners and food vendors doling out fresh sugarcane juice.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
17 Oct. 2025
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This one does things a bit differently, though, being of the non-aerosol variety and instead doling out its magic in powder form.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Scanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scanting. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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