as in profitable
yielding a profit
unfortunately, raising employees' salaries would not be economic—the business would have to fold
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Recent Examples of economic
White House economic advisers have been conducting a review and assessment of BLS data quality and operations in preparation for a report that is expected to be sharply critical of the agency, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
By 2024, City Hall pitched in $10 million toward the $41 million project from a city pool of tax dollars for economic development.
—Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
But economic actors are whistling past the graveyard.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Amid the continued Truth tirades and in the face of sky-high U.S. tariffs on Indian goods, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is doubling down on courting fellow BRICS Alliance members Russia and China as economic allies.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 2 Sep. 2025
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
By 2024, City Hall pitched in $10 million toward the $41 million project from a city pool of tax dollars for economic development.
—Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
But economic actors are whistling past the graveyard.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Amid the continued Truth tirades and in the face of sky-high U.S. tariffs on Indian goods, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is doubling down on courting fellow BRICS Alliance members Russia and China as economic allies.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for economic
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But that would create a thorny conflict of interest for Denholm and her fellow directors, with Musk seeking — not for the first time — to use Tesla to subsidize one of his less-profitable ventures.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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If an investor is wildly bullish on an asset, anticipates a large, sharp upward price movement in the near term, and seeks substantial capital gains, a buy-write or covered call may be a profitable strategy.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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Dillon is currently in the second year of his most lucrative contract to date — a three-year deal with a cap hit of $4 million signed with the New Jersey Devils on July 1, 2024.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Advertising has become a lucrative and fast-growing line of business for the Seattle e-retailer, bringing in $56 billion in revenue last year, according to a company filing.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Economic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economic. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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