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economy

[ih-kon-uh-mee] / ɪˈkɒn ə mi /


ADJECTIVE
costing less to buy, make, or operate
Synonyms


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The focus is on how the central bank assesses the longer-term impact of Middle East developments on the real economy and how that ties to the timing of the next hike, the economists said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

In separate research, the statistics body found the rising cost of living was the most important issue facing adults, above the NHS and the economy in general.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

It is still too early to tell how implementing many small tax breaks, as opposed to a few big ones, will play out across the economy.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

It should, in theory, be a massive burden lifted from the global economy, which has suffered from the closure of a passage that’s supremely important for the global oil trade.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

For a city whose economy was built on slaughter, kosher meat remained an unobtainable luxury.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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