How to Use economize in a Sentence

economize

verb
  • He was born into a wealthy family and never learned to economize.
  • Consider ways to cut back or economize that won't cramp your lifestyle.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Others harden to the world around us and economize our feelings.
    — Terrell Jermaine Starr, The Root, 25 July 2017
  • One way to economize in retirement is to find a state with a lower cost of living.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • One way to economize is to get patients out of the hospital sooner.
    — Austin Frakt, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2016
  • His parents economized by buying him clothes that would fit for several years.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
  • There's also a new chapter that explains how to economize time and money when cooking and how to avoid food waste.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 3 June 2022
  • That’s the version of you that can play catch-up, that can downsize and economize now that the kids are launched, or at least close to takeoff.
    — Chuck Jaffe, The Seattle Times, 24 June 2017
  • All four of them sewed—my mother and her sister-in-law, to economize on dresses for themselves and their daughters.
    — Megan Marshall, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Many consumers are also planning to economize on clothes, shoes, hobby items, and toys and games, the survey found.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 26 May 2026
  • Viktor, a 35-year-old carpenter, says his small business has lost most of its clients, as they’ve been forced to economize.
    — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 5 June 2022
  • By building high, Americold was able to use less space on the ground, and can economize on utility costs, Daigle said.
    — Don Stacom, courant.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Loud budgeting often involves sticking to a spending plan while seeking ways to economize.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Loud budgeting often involves sticking to a spending plan while seeking ways to economize.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Employers, having to pay their staff more, economize by hiring fewer people, the belief holds.
    — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2021
  • This design can improve your work efficiency and economize your labor.
    — Tim Kohut, BGR, 8 June 2021
  • Iranians were being forced to economize, trading lunch at kebab restaurants for cheap pleasures like sugary snacks.
    — Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
  • In competitive markets, companies must economize and tighten their belts when faced with rising costs.
    — David S. Lapp, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Builders and engineers are trying out a lot of ways to economize on concrete without compromising safety.
    — M. Mitchell Waldrop, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2022
  • In that light, Brodin’s track record of economizing on costs and resources at Ikea may be the real game changer if he is appointed.
    — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Building out new production capacity in a country that spent decades economizing through offshoring is not easy.
    — Tom Simonite, Wired, 29 Mar. 2020
  • Over the past year, Celebrini has taught Curry how to economize his physical movements.
    — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The ability to reduce time and labor and better economize resources comes quite handy during the current labor shortage.
    — Vaidya Aiyer, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The system charges during off-peak hours and uses what’s stored in the batteries at peak times, thereby economizing on electricity rates.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
  • LeBeouf also argued that the city can economize by renovating part of the existing main jail building to house inmates.
    — Matt Sledge, NOLA.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • With one daughter headed to college and another just a few years away, Ron Baslow, a single dad, was looking for ways to economize.
    — Fox News, 20 June 2017
  • Sending an all-female crew and a sperm bank lets a space program economize while also increasing the genetic diversity of the parental pool.
    — National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • In short, economizing on non-defense outlays simply has to bring mandatory spending under review.
    — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
  • In short, economizing on non-defense outlays simply has to bring mandatory spending under review.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Fifteen of its 16 rooms accommodate five people in three beds, and all have efficiency kitchens with free coffee to help guests economize on meals.
    — Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023

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