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
After a cataclysmic economic collapse ended Outfest in 2023, the team behind it unionized amid the push to come back.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Nov. 2025
There was a research group at the University of Wisconsin that recently released a report that was written about by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that tried to quantify the economic impact in the Madison area of the team not playing well.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
The emissions trend is partly driven by China’s economic slowdown, Carbon Brief data showed, as construction and manufacturing have fallen, but also by rapid growth in renewable energy and electrification of the economy.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Energy experts say those economic forces will continue the expansion of clean energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Nov. 2025
There was a research group at the University of Wisconsin that recently released a report that was written about by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that tried to quantify the economic impact in the Madison area of the team not playing well.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
The emissions trend is partly driven by China’s economic slowdown, Carbon Brief data showed, as construction and manufacturing have fallen, but also by rapid growth in renewable energy and electrification of the economy.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Energy experts say those economic forces will continue the expansion of clean energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for economic
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Although timber remains the primary long-term commercial value, growing improved varieties for both nuts and timber is considered potentially highly profitable, provided there is a long-term perspective and proper tree management.—
Randy Moll,
Arkansas Online,
11 Nov. 2025
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This retrograde wants to remind you that your creativity doesn’t have to be profitable, and your love doesn’t have to be performative.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
9 Nov. 2025
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Last April, Döpfner closed the deal to spin off his company’s lucrative German classified advertising businesses and bought out his partner, the private equity firm KKR.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Lutnick has said the Administration is even considering taking ownership stakes in big defense contractors, such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin, presumably as the price of renewing their lucrative federal contracts.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Economic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economic. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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