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economy

[ih-kon-uh-mee] / ɪˈkɒn ə mi /


ADJECTIVE
costing less to buy, make, or operate
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Macron added that the closure of the strait has had "very severe consequences" on "the whole of the planet and the global economy".

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“Soomaaliya” includes profiles of some of the chefs, farmers and food writers who are working to rebuild the country’s food economy and present the cuisine to the larger world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

It should, in theory, be a massive burden lifted from the global economy, which has suffered from the closure of a passage that’s supremely important for the global oil trade.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Yet when top Fed officials convened to assess the economy in March, Waller voted to maintain the central bank’s key U.S. interest rate at current levels.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

More sweepingly, it suggested that the enormous but latent potential of the American economy required more than mere release to achieve its full potential.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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