scanted

verb

past tense of scant
as in spared
to use or give out in stingy amounts don't scant the peanut butter on those sandwiches!

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  1. spared
  2. preserved
  3. conserved
Verb
  • Eddy has been spared the worst violence; the novel casts his racial privilege as a kind of metaphysical exemption.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The terminal has absorbed dozens of strikes since the war began, with its oil infrastructure deliberately spared.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of spared
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  • This design is directly inspired by a historic Leroy tact watch created in 1810, today preserved at the Patek Philippe Museum.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Information that cannot be efficiently retrieved eventually becomes difficult to use, regardless of how carefully it was preserved.
    — Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of preserved
Verb
  • In Freeport, Allen has built the Bahamas Maritime Museum, where relics are cataloged, conserved, and displayed, creating local jobs and drawing tourists.
    — Brett Berk, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Hibernation on demand Hibernation is a specialty of squirrels, hamsters, and bears, but the neural circuit that triggers it is conserved across mammals, and is present in species that never hibernate in the wild—like mice.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of conserved
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“Scanted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scanted. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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