How to Use economic in a Sentence

economic

adjective
  • We're looking for a more economic way of doing business.
  • Meanwhile, economic growth slowed over the first half of this year.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But Iran does need economic help.
    — ABC News, 14 June 2026
  • The status quo comes with an economic cost.
    — Anand Menon, Time, 13 June 2026
  • But as was predicted at the time of the ban, there have been economic costs.
    — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2022
  • There is no economic agenda that has much of a near-term chance of getting done.
    — William D. Cohan, The Hive, 18 Aug. 2017
  • The prospect of an economic recession is one that sends a chill down the spine of many.
    — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The economic conditions that lit the fire of protest have not changed.
    — Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Biden’s economic plan rests on a daring wager that rates stay low.
    — Rey Mashayekhi, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2021
  • For poultry the threat is economic.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • If such open fighting breaks out, economic damage will be greater.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
  • And the issue isn’t just economic.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2026
  • This technology would be by far the most economic way to end all life on earth.
    — Rupert Goodwins, Ars Technica, 25 Nov. 2017
  • Decades later, there are signs of an economic comeback.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Many have closed in recent years amid economic headwinds.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • All these factors and more also help explain why economic growth in the rich world is weak.
    — The Economist, 28 Nov. 2019
  • But some of those who weathered economic storms stuck around to learn, tweak, and tinker their way to good hooch.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • There certainly are some more economic concerns in the mix so time will tell if this pans out.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2024
  • Coming up, with the war in Iran causing economic pain at home.
    — ABC News, 14 June 2026
  • The brief filed Thursday is a who's who of the country's top economic minds.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
  • How do broad economic trends affect teen hiring?
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 31 May 2026
  • If India’s economic unity broke, so would the largest free trade area in the world.
    — Raghvendra Singh, Quartz India, 9 Aug. 2019
  • At the same time, economic growth is slowing, a potential drag on the firms' top-line.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Stocks have been in slump so far this year as investors get hit with a long list of threats to economic growth and the markets.
    — Damian J. Troise, ajc, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Meet the high-finance mogul in charge of our economic recovery.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2021
  • The world itself is shuddering on some of these economic blows.
    — ABC News, 3 May 2026
  • If that decision is made, how big a part is that for the economic recovery?
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2017
  • And then there is the economic dimension.
    — Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • But there is a special place in hell for the economic advisers that conjured up this trade war.
    — Phillip Molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • Here’s a look at the economic significance of the area.
    — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026

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