economical
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As a result, researchers have been searching for a more efficient and economical way to produce these exceptionally tough materials.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
Zink Collection, a retailer of small accessories, says it uses the most economical shipping method available and tries to charge customers only part of the shipping cost.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
Essentially, it’s too expensive to run the plant at full capacity at this time given the availability of other more economical supplies, but out-of-state money could make it worth the agency’s while.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
“It also helps that Italian-American restaurants, from that time well into the 1950’s, were seen as an economical luxury,” MacAllen adds.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026
Good English is clear English: it’s efficient, precise, sensible, economical, sometimes even beautiful.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing economical
Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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"A Retrieved Reformation" by O. Henry
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Ronald Reagan, "Tear Down This Wall" (1987)
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