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

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economies

Still, advanced economies have seen a boom in investment in artificial intelligence technology drive stock markets to new highs and bolster economic growth.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

This limits the economies of scale and standardisation, though flexible manufacturing could help somewhat.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

This, and a range of other publications hailing Asia’s economic “miracle” led Edwards to conclude “too many people believed the beguiling narrative” and as a consequence, “lent these economies cheap, abundant capital which was misallocated.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Just as surging bond yields can be a problem for economies, so too can low yields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The economies of states and countries that depend on honeybee-pollinated crops collapse shortly after the hives.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson