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 Most popular history skips from Hiroshima to the economic boom of the 1950s—with maybe a sprinkling of the Marshall Plan in between—but our society was fundamentally reorganized by the war. Literary Hub july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025 Early on June 30, Trump urged caution, suggesting future economic growth would make up for deficits. Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 July 2025 Founded in 2011, the foundation has become one of the largest organizations in the world dedicated to promoting females’ safety and social and economic autonomy, according to Chanel. Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 1 July 2025 He was assassinated in 1965, but his staunch advocacy for Black economic independence, pride, and other principles remain strong today. Jared McCallister, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for economic
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  • Knowing where your food comes from is a privilege worth paying for if one can, and tracking its journey, from field to fork, is a profitable business.
    Shain Shapiro, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Parks aren’t profitable, museums are empty, and the fine citizens of DUMBO just honk their horns at each other when a massive herbivore escapes from the zoo for a nap under the Brooklyn Bridge.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 June 2025
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  • Dynamic is his attempt to bring that system to the U.S. Most of the kids at Dynamic won’t make the N.B.A., but all of them could play for major college programs—and big-time college basketball is a lucrative endeavor in itself.
    Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
  • Additionally, hospitals strategically manage their patient mix to game the 340B eligibility criteria and expand into wealthier neighborhoods to capture lucrative outpatient drug margins.
    Ge Bai, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

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“Economic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economic. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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