as in profitable
yielding a profit
unfortunately, raising employees' salaries would not be economic—the business would have to fold
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Recent Examples of economic
TIFs are an economic development tool designed to fight blight and disinvestment.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The economic security of large swaths of workers could be put at risk under a broad religious exemption, labor unions told the court.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025
Too far, too fast, is one way of describing concern about gold which is being powered by a combination of investor concern about the global economic outlook, fear of inflation, central bank buying, and geopolitical tension.
—Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The reason: growing pessimism about the country's economic outlook as the Trump administration beats the drum for a trade war with Canada, Mexico, China and other countries.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The economic security of large swaths of workers could be put at risk under a broad religious exemption, labor unions told the court.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025
Too far, too fast, is one way of describing concern about gold which is being powered by a combination of investor concern about the global economic outlook, fear of inflation, central bank buying, and geopolitical tension.
—Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The reason: growing pessimism about the country's economic outlook as the Trump administration beats the drum for a trade war with Canada, Mexico, China and other countries.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for economic
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“Economic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economic. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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