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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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Leading global economies on Tuesday vowed multilateral cooperation to address mounting challenges to economic stability due to the Middle East war, after talks in Paris which underscored tensions between the US and its allies.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

France's finance minister acknowledged Tuesday that two days of talks among leading global economies were "sometimes difficult", even as the group agreed a statement committing to multilateral cooperation in combatting growing economic risks.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

On Monday, the International Monetary Fund urged the UK to stick to the fiscal rules which continue to shrink government borrowing faster than other major economies.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Yields across the roughly $30 trillion Treasury yield curve have been moving sharply higher as investors around the globe sell bonds issued by many of the world’s largest economies.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Henceforth, more and more economies would be governed from the ground up, by the interests, demands, and aspirations of the people, rather than from the top down, by the interests of some narrow ruling clique.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman