as in financial
of or relating to money, banking, or investments an economist who is critical of this administration's monetary policies

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Recent Examples of monetary Independence of monetary policy has long been considered sacrosanct—the bedrock of global confidence in the dollar. Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 The first function is to use monetary policy to stabilize inflation at a moderate level, while promoting low unemployment. Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 Investors are betting the political hiatus alone will delay the BOJ's monetary policy tightening plans. Kaori Kaneko, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025 Here’s everything to know about how much the 2025 US Open winners and participants will take home in monetary gains. Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for monetary
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Adjective
  • Traditional approaches focus on financial engineering such as negotiating discounts for long-term commitments, or on observability tools that track who is running what.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The audio-streaming platform has amassed a sizable free cash flow due to its strong revenue growth, a figure that has been boosted by the company's swelling active user base in recent financial quarters.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Hain Celestial — The maker of Terra chips and herbal teas tumbled 25% after reporting a surprise fiscal fourth-quarter loss of 2 cents per share.
    Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
  • History suggests such optimism can falter amid fiscal extravagance.
    Bob Haber, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • Improving business environment While trade tensions and worries about China's economic slowdown weighed on the near-term outlook, the survey respondents indicated significant improvement in the local regulatory environment.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This initial forecast by Deloitte is based on economic calculations and does not reflect consumer trends or consumer expectations about holiday spending plans.
    Joan Verdon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Monetary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monetary. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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