be economical
Example Sentences
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If oil prices keep rising, it may not be economical for him to farm commercially at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Landon’s film, co-written by Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach, takes excellent care to be economical.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2025
But since winning the auction, Vattenfall and others have warned that costs have increased far too fast for these projects to be economical anymore.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023
"We try to be economical, we eat twice a day without lunch ... we try to always cook what we can eat for at least two days."
From Reuters ● Oct. 12, 2021
Theo could support Gauguin, too; supporting two painters who lived together would be economical.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
