How to Use economy in a Sentence

economy

noun
  • An increase in tourism will help the city's economy.
  • The war altered the country's economy.
  • It would be false economy to repair the leak without replacing the pipe.
  • We must learn to practice economy.
  • We'll also benefit from the economies provided by more efficient energy sources.
  • Only two states have bigger economies — Texas and New York.
    Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • For many, that’s why this deal sets Europe on the right path but does not solve all the platform economy’s problems.
    Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2023
  • As Taylor Swift moves around the room, the local economy around her improves.
    William Earl, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
  • All signs point to a robust economy in the state, McDonald said.
    Andrew Moreau, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2023
  • The two leaders last met on the sidelines of a summit of the Group of 20 economies in Bali, Indonesia, in November and have not spoken since.
    Abigail Williams, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The issue and problems of a pure cash economy have grown across the country, and more senators are aware of the challenges in their home state.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Cities on the tour saw record-breaking levels of tourism, which helped give a multibillion-dollar boost to the U.S. economy.
    Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The world’s third-largest economy is struggling to repair a labor force cratered by rapid aging.
    Joseph Coleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
  • Moving before the central bank of the world’s biggest economy would be an unusual step for the ECB.
    Anna Cooban, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Just after Valentine’s Day, Britain was met with the grim news that its economy had slid into a recession at the end of last year.
    Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Growing late payments must be watched closely as the bumpy economy evolves.
    Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
  • That loss of snow is a big problem for communities whose local economies depend on it.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Ecuador’s economy, expected to grow less than 1% next year, was hard hit by the pandemic.
    Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Casinos and hotels can be crippled by long outages, which could dent local economies.
    James Rundle, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The waxy crude generated in the area is in demand on the Gulf Coast, which is helping to boost Duchesne County's economy.
    Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Another major uncertainty next year stems from a raft of elections in nations that play host to some of the world's largest economies.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2023
  • In many ways, the Fed’s fight to slow down an overheated economy has turned out better than expected.
    Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Amid shortages of food items and the wartime economy, the price of the shop’s famous borma fingers, cheese wrapped in phyllo dough and soaked in a sugary syrup, has jumped from $2 to $12, out of reach for most Gazans.
    Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024
  • When company profits and sales are strong, there's a low employment rate and a strong economy, unions do rather well.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • For Mead Johnson, the maker of Enfamil, the benefits of developing economies were twofold.
    Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The implications stretch far beyond markets to the rates paid on mortgages, student loans and credit cards, and to the growth of the global economy itself.
    Alice Gledhill, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Town-gown relations proved manageable when the college was just one piece of the local economy.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • In addition, a more vibrant economy in Venezuela could convince migrants — who have been leaving for the U.S. in record numbers — to stay put in Venezuela.
    John Otis, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The result is an agreement that state leaders hope could make housing in New York less scarce and more affordable, stemming the exodus of families and people of limited means, and put the city and state economies on a more secure path.
    Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
  • What to expect Eyesores or symbols of a thriving economy: Are Phoenix construction cranes going anywhere?
    Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024

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