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economist

[ih-kon-uh-mist] / ɪˈkɒn ə mɪst /
NOUN
statistician
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Today it has passed baseball and hockey to become the third-most popular sport in the U.S., according to a recent survey by the Economist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Economist Andrew Zimbalist studies the impact of international sporting events like the World Cup and the Olympics on host cities, and on the whole it’s a bad deal economically, he says.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

A separate poll released by the Economist and YouGov suggested just under half of Americans believe Trump is too old to be president.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

However, Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok is unequivocal, writing in a note Friday that there is “zero evidence of AI-related job losses.”

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

She’d fallen asleep beside Rohin and when she woke up he was drawing an airplane on the copy of The Economist she’d saved, hidden under the bed.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri



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