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economies

NOUN

saving, frugality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

recession

STRONG

abridgement austerity care carefulness caution curtailment cutback decrease deduction direction discretion husbandry layoff meanness miserliness moratorium parsimony providence prudence reduction regulation restraint retrenchment rollback shrinkage stinginess supervision thrift thriftiness

WEAK

parcity scrimping skimping sparingness

Antonyms

STRONG

addition carelessness disregard enlargement expansion extravagance imprudence increase indiscretion neglect negligence raise spending thoughtlessness

WEAK

squandering

Example Sentences

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The world’s two largest economies announced limited concrete outcomes after the summit, with both Washington and Beijing emphasizing efforts to stabilize their strained relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The IMF puts the figure at roughly 60% of jobs in advanced economies.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

U.K. debt markets have been hit harder than other developed economies in recent months, a reflection of the economy’s outsize economic vulnerability to the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

And as Xi warned that the world's two largest economies could "come into conflict" if Washington mishandles the Taiwan issue, minor skirmishes broke out on the sidelines of their meeting.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Even the earliest Mesopotamian states exercised centralized control of their economies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond