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
But this administration's actions demonstrate that its officials view people who fit these descriptions through a lens of crime, drug abuse, and mental health crises, with little attention to the economic and material factors shaping their situations.
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Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Cavossa said that to maintain an advantage over China, the United States needs to lean into its strengths—namely the commercial space sector in which private capital and ideas are mingling to produce new advances and push economic activity further into space.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
Workers are staying put not out of loyalty or satisfaction, but out of economic necessity and fear of unemployment.
—Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Pediatricians widely recommend exclusively breastfeeding for the first six months of an infant’s life, but many parents can’t, for a range of medical, economic, and personal reasons—not least that feeding and pumping are incredibly time-consuming.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
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Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Cavossa said that to maintain an advantage over China, the United States needs to lean into its strengths—namely the commercial space sector in which private capital and ideas are mingling to produce new advances and push economic activity further into space.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
Workers are staying put not out of loyalty or satisfaction, but out of economic necessity and fear of unemployment.
—Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Pediatricians widely recommend exclusively breastfeeding for the first six months of an infant’s life, but many parents can’t, for a range of medical, economic, and personal reasons—not least that feeding and pumping are incredibly time-consuming.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for economic
Adjective
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But that would create a thorny conflict of interest for Denholm and her fellow directors, with Musk seeking — not for the first time — to use Tesla to subsidize one of his less-profitable ventures.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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If an investor is wildly bullish on an asset, anticipates a large, sharp upward price movement in the near term, and seeks substantial capital gains, a buy-write or covered call may be a profitable strategy.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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Dillon is currently in the second year of his most lucrative contract to date — a three-year deal with a cap hit of $4 million signed with the New Jersey Devils on July 1, 2024.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Advertising has become a lucrative and fast-growing line of business for the Seattle e-retailer, bringing in $56 billion in revenue last year, according to a company filing.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Economic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economic. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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