Strangely, rich people tend to be stingier than poor people.
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Stingier
Synonyms for "stingier" (5 found)
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4 entrieslimited concessionsmiserly budgetparsimonious grantrestrictive policy
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6 entriesstingier allocationsstingiest budgetstingy budgetstingy fundingstingy grantsstingy with resources
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As the moon wheels around Earth every 28 days and shows us a progressively greater and then stingier slice of its sun-lightened face, the distance between the moon and Earth changes, too. At the nearest point along its egg-shaped orbit, its perigee, the moon may be 26,000 miles closer to us than it is at its far point.
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