How to Use economic in a Sentence

economic

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  • We're looking for a more economic way of doing business.
  • And now the country is in the grip of an economic crisis.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The economic impact of a fur ban hits close to home too.
    — Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The prospect of an economic recession is one that sends a chill down the spine of many.
    — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2023
  • But as was predicted at the time of the ban, there have been economic costs.
    — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Stocks have been in slump so far this year as investors get hit with a long list of threats to economic growth and the markets.
    — Damian J. Troise, ajc, 1 Feb. 2022
  • There is no economic agenda that has much of a near-term chance of getting done.
    — William D. Cohan, The Hive, 18 Aug. 2017
  • This technology would be by far the most economic way to end all life on earth.
    — Rupert Goodwins, Ars Technica, 25 Nov. 2017
  • All these factors and more also help explain why economic growth in the rich world is weak.
    — The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019
  • The wider cost of the strike could be disastrous for an economic sector that’s still woozy from the punch of the pandemic.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2023
  • If India’s economic unity broke, so would the largest free trade area in the world.
    — Raghvendra Singh, Quartz India, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Cowen concludes that the best way to maximize all of these things for the future is to increase economic growth.
    — Paul Bloo, The New Yorker, 9 July 2021
  • Meet the high-finance mogul in charge of our economic recovery.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2021
  • But there is a special place in hell for the economic advisers that conjured up this trade war.
    — Phillip Molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • Countries and businesses around the world are eyeing it with economic hopes and dreams.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2019
  • Our first order of business is to take care of the economic health of this community.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2022
  • Biden’s economic plan rests on a daring wager that rates stay low.
    — Rey Mashayekhi, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2021
  • The damage would threaten to undo many of the economic benefits of last year's tax cuts.
    — NBC News, 6 July 2018
  • Lebanon was already on the brink of collapse amid a severe economic crisis.
    — Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2020
  • At the same time, economic growth is slowing, a potential drag on the firms' top-line.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2022
  • If that decision is made, how big a part is that for the economic recovery?
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2017
  • If the money supply grew too slowly, the Fed could cut rates to spur economic growth.
    — Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Oh, and don’t forget the recent economic hit from the pandemic.
    — Ian Bremmer, Time, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The possible economic costs and loss of life were staggering.
    — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The second is that an event like this can provide an economic lift well outside its perimeter.
    — al, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Local leaders had hailed the project as a boon to growth and economic development.
    — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 7 Dec. 2019
  • But the long-term fix is all about economic development.
    — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2019
  • The good news is small, gradual rate hikes rarely upset economic growth.
    — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The surefire way to mitigate that misery is through economic growth.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The economic bubble that had given rise to Socialite Rank was about to pop.
    — Jessica Pressler, Town & Country, 17 May 2023

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