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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 improvement is most evident in places with service-based economies such as Indianapolis, Columbus and Des Moines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

EM economies are taking the brunt of the whiplash.

From Barron's • May 23, 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

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

There are no secret economies that nourish the poor; on the contrary, there are a host of special costs.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich