as in saving
careful management of material resources
people on fixed incomes are used to practicing economy
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Recent Examples of economy
President Donald Trump received a red flag about the state of the U.S. economy just one day before his address to Congress.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
This narrow geographic distribution of the innovation economy leaves Heartland cities out and restricts opportunities for most of the population.
—Nicholas Lalla, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025
For instance, Congress created a Strategic Petroleum Reserve in 1975 after the Arab oil embargo crisis caused gas shortages across the country and decimated the American economy.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
These federal agencies regulate critical areas of the U.S. economy and society, including the stock market, product safety, fraud and corruption, the money supply, labor relations, monopolies, nuclear power, the media and elections.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for economy
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
This narrow geographic distribution of the innovation economy leaves Heartland cities out and restricts opportunities for most of the population.
—Nicholas Lalla, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025
For instance, Congress created a Strategic Petroleum Reserve in 1975 after the Arab oil embargo crisis caused gas shortages across the country and decimated the American economy.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
These federal agencies regulate critical areas of the U.S. economy and society, including the stock market, product safety, fraud and corruption, the money supply, labor relations, monopolies, nuclear power, the media and elections.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for economy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for economy
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These innovations enable companies to balance cost savings with employee experience, rather than imposing rigid RTO mandates that drive attrition.—
Solange Charas,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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While side hustles are a major way children are saving up money, many are also allocating their allowances to their savings — especially when considering that 62 percent of 6-year-olds receive an allowance and 80 percent of children receive one by the age of 14.—
Kanika Talwar,
WWD,
28 Feb. 2025
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Their reasons seem to be more about frugality and security than fear of technology failures.—
Larry Light,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Rattigan says that frugality and a commitment to lean operations help to keep tuition costs low.—
Kerry McDonald,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The program will be in a small Apple Street mall owned by the North County LGBTQ Resource Center, which in September moved into the former site of Bread of Life, a homeless service provider that operated a winter shelter, thrift store and pantry for several years on the property.—
Gary Warth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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This would be the point in the movie where a montage of hunting for trying on tuxedos at various thrift stores would go, however the news machine required us to feed it so organizing an in-person hunt was not possible.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Economy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economy. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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