economic

adjective

ˌe-kə-ˈnä-mik How to pronounce economic (audio)
Definition of economicnext
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 And why Americans are still spending on little luxuries despite economic uncertainty. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026 Employers Cannot Treat The Headlines As Background Noise The UK needs a full range of minds working on engineering, health, food security, water management, defence and economic renewal. — Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 This changing economic landscape has helped fuel the rise in adult children living with parents. — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026 The unfinished tower becomes a space where economic violence and psychological scars take form. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for economic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for economic
  1. profitable
  2. lucrative
Adjective
  • The $55 billion deal — part-funded with $20 billion borrowed against EA itself — buys Riyadh a profitable business and control of some of the biggest franchises in the world’s biggest entertainment industry.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Companies are watching their cash piles dwindle, betting that all these upfront investments on data centers and costly AI systems from the likes of Nvidia will be profitable in the long run.
    — Ari Levy,Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of profitable
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  • Along with lucrative offers for the universities, the shoe company creates critical Name, Image and Likeness opportunities for individual athletes via its ambassador program.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Still, with more than 40,000 industry jobs lost in the past few years, soundstages and vendor storefronts sitting empty, and lucrative overseas incentives seducing even more production away, things are bleak in town right now.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of lucrative

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“Economic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economic. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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