as in profitable
yielding a profit
unfortunately, raising employees' salaries would not be economic—the business would have to fold
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Over the past two years, that trend seemingly came to an end amid high interest rates and geopolitical and economic instability.
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Martin Blair, vice president of research and economic development, said the university was awarded just under $26 million in federal grants and loans in the federal fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 29 Jan. 2025
Blanding is suing for damages such as stress, humiliation, embarrassment, outrage, mental anguish, fear and mortification, as well as emotional, economic and non-economic damages.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
The Biden administration made two TPS designations for Venezuelans, one in 2021 and the other in 2023, citing the country's economic collapse under the repressive rule of President Nicolas Maduro.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 Jan. 2025
Martin Blair, vice president of research and economic development, said the university was awarded just under $26 million in federal grants and loans in the federal fiscal year that ended Sept. 30.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 29 Jan. 2025
Blanding is suing for damages such as stress, humiliation, embarrassment, outrage, mental anguish, fear and mortification, as well as emotional, economic and non-economic damages.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
The Biden administration made two TPS designations for Venezuelans, one in 2021 and the other in 2023, citing the country's economic collapse under the repressive rule of President Nicolas Maduro.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Economic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/economic. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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