verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Families on low incomes are having to economize on food and heating costs.
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Sorry, I can't come out tonight - I'm trying to economize .
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We're economizing this year by having a cheaper vacation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Having several models economized shooting time since a second unit could operate simultaneously.
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He had tried to economize with the size and quality and the envelopes were in danger of splitting.
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He was a master at economizing on his investments.
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If she economized, and perhaps moved in with William, she could probably last for longer.
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Meanwhile, industry, too, had economized, with steel producers using about 20 percent less energy per ton.
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Other things equal, the higher the rate of interest, the more individuals can be expected to economize on cash holdings.
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So she economized by drinking cheap cooking sherry.
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This lack of sensitivity to the wellsprings of quality largely stems from shopworn but doggedly persistent ideas on where to economize .