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Example sentences for: thrift

How can you use “thrift” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

When they do so, they will find that parable of the widow's cruse--a marvelous tidbit on the rewards of vigorous consumption spending as opposed to parsimony, niggardliness, and thrift.
The Los Angeles Times lead is that California thrift institution Home Savings is being bought by Seattle-based Washington Mutual, creating the nation's seventh-largest financial institution.
Consider, for example, the "paradox of thrift."
The WP reports on, but hardly seems to notice the irony in, the Office of Thrift Supervision's decision to budget $50,000 in government funds so that OTS employees can in the coming months celebrate the office's tenth anniversary at various outings, including a jazz brunch cruise down the Potomac.
You could get a black dress or black suit for lots of money, but that was only occasionally permissible and mostly not possible; and there were no thrift shops full of interesting castoffs.