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
Growing skepticism in American society about the value of multilateralism extends to economic issues.
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Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
The environmental and economic advantages of EVTOLs are compelling.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Since 2015, one of Fort Worth’s fastest-growing industries has injected nearly $1 billion in economic impact to the city and employed more than 50,000 people.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Nov. 2025
During his first term, Trump mostly relied on economic sanctions to try to force Maduro to step down.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
The environmental and economic advantages of EVTOLs are compelling.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Since 2015, one of Fort Worth’s fastest-growing industries has injected nearly $1 billion in economic impact to the city and employed more than 50,000 people.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Nov. 2025
During his first term, Trump mostly relied on economic sanctions to try to force Maduro to step down.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for economic
Adjective
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Carter hadn’t managed to build a profitable business with his attempt to recapture Vanity Fair’s old spirit (and luxury advertising base).—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The country’s apparel exporters were unhappy with the move, with one former vice president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association speculating that the new charges were designed to make port operations look more profitable before the foreign operators took over the lease.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Swain and the Houlihan Lokey team view the area, still in its infancy, as a huge field for lucrative fundraising and investment-banking business.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Nov. 2025
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SpaceX was awarded a lucrative contract to develop the upper stage of its Starship spacecraft to ferry astronauts to the lunar surface as part of NASA's Artemis campaign.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Economic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economic. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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