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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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That could give central banks more room to hold rates steady or revive rate-cut plans, especially in oil-importing economies, while also supporting household spending and corporate margins.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Bank balance sheets now are in better shape, the world’s advanced economies are less oil-intensive and monetary frameworks are “more credible” than 50 years ago, they added.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

After tech gains in Asia, attention turned to US-Iran war developments and the potential fallout for economies on the continent, sending European stocks lower.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

It is a clean energy option that provides enormous home-grown energy that is, and will be, needed to power vibrant economies of the future.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Once writing had been invented by those few societies, it then spread, by trade and conquest and religion, to other societies with similar economies and political organizations.

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