economical
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Airships—even when filled with nonexplosive helium—couldn’t compete with the speedier airplanes, which would become more economical to build and operate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The canal "opens up the shortest, most economical and most convenient route" to Southeast Asia and will boost economic development, Xinhua said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
“Such a replacement will fail to adequately honor President John F. Kennedy, but would be simpler and more economical to build, operate, and maintain,” the administration’s lawyers wrote in the filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
That could make advanced tools less wasteful and more economical while preserving the extreme hardness required for industrial use.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
His methods were subtler and more economical with direct force than one might expect, as exemplified by the slow takeover of the coastal valley of Chincha.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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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