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Word: sparingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...spare time, Bill is trying to write his third book. "I'm writing one on how to write articles for mags. I'm writing it especially for part-time writers like naval officers, housewives, and businessmen. If everyone could only write well, they could make a hell of a lot of money and impart their knowledge to a lot of people...

Author: By Fog BOUND Estuary, | Title: Silhouette | 5/3/1951 | See Source »

...Augusta, Ga. this week, an invading army of engineers, builders and technicians jammed the city's hotels and spare rooms to the rafters. Across the Savannah River in South Carolina, the aluminum glint of hundreds of trailers winked among the pecan groves. Giant bulldozers ripped through slash pine and red clay, pushing a four-lane, 20-mile express highway from North Augusta to Ellenton (pop. 700), a town soon destined to disappear before the bulldozers' onrush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: The Wizards of Wilmington | 4/16/1951 | See Source »

...order from how to stroke, the oarsmen are: Harry Almond, 22, David Macklin, 22, James Crowden, 23, Roger Sharpley, 21 John Worlidge, 23, Brian Lloyd, 24 (captain), William Windham, 25, and David Jennens, 21. Jack King is a spare. John Hinde...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 9 Cantab Crewmen Check In for Big Charles Chase | 4/16/1951 | See Source »

Motorists felt the first pinch of the rubber shortage last week. The National Production Authority ordered that all new automobiles be delivered without a spare tire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Nothing to Spare | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

...production plus the cut in auto production will soon end the shortage. Furthermore, though automakers will cut prices $13 to $17 to compensate for the missing tire, there is no way to force retailers to pass on the saving to buyers. And since motorists hate to drive without a spare tire, new-car buyers will have to purchase their own extra tire-at almost twice (from $24 to $30) the price of a spare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Nothing to Spare | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

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