economies

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Major eurozone economises are due to report inflation figures from Wednesday, and "stronger-than-expected Eurozone CPI will add to rates market pricing for ECB tightening, underpinning the euro," the Barclays analysts said.

From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2022

Solyndra chose that second option: let’s have a cell design that economises on silicon usage given that silicon is so expensive.

From Forbes • Sep. 19, 2014

With the honourable exception of Lord Hall’s bite out of BBC3, it economises incrementally by salami-slicing services, rather than by boldly deciding what to forfeit and what to defend.

From Economist • Jun. 19, 2014

The diction is taut and spare: "flip-flop over/ tarmac" economises, possibly, by compressing foot-wear into verb-of-motion; "exchange the weather" wastes no time on chit-chat.

From The Guardian • Aug. 30, 2010

It economises our energies, and often takes us by short cuts to ends which would otherwise need continued reasoning.

From Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge by Culpin, Millais