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economies

NOUN

saving, frugality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

recession

STRONG

abridgement austerity care carefulness caution curtailment cutback decrease deduction direction discretion husbandry layoff meanness miserliness moratorium parsimony providence prudence reduction regulation restraint retrenchment rollback shrinkage stinginess supervision thrift thriftiness

WEAK

parcity scrimping skimping sparingness

Antonyms

STRONG

addition carelessness disregard enlargement expansion extravagance imprudence increase indiscretion neglect negligence raise spending thoughtlessness

WEAK

squandering

Example Sentences

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Economies in developing Southeast Asia, including the Philippines and Thailand, are likely to see the “most negative growth impacts,” with the largest inflation spikes are expected be felt in South Asia, including India.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Economies are less dependent on oil, for one thing, and they have more shock absorbers to cushion the blow.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Economies in farm-dense rural communities and urban grocery clusters, already hit by the summer cuts, will suffer further.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025

Economies in Mexico and Canada rely much more heavily on the U.S. than the other way around, and the threat of tariffs has made the peso and Canadian dollar very volatile in recent weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

Twenty-five thousand cooks have been trained in the cookery schools of the Army, while a jealous watch has been kept on all waste and by-products under an Inspectorate of Economies.

From Fields of Victory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.