How to Use economically in a Sentence

economically

adverb
  • She writes simply and economically.
  • Some families did well economically and tried to give back to those less well off.
    — NBC News, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Parents who can lose days to lice and come out economically unscathed are lucky.
    — Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Each racing series needs to stand on its own two feet economically.
    — Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021
  • That means parents and caregivers have to take time off work, and that impacts them economically.
    — Suzette Brewer, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
  • While many are struggling economically, there’s a sense of hope that things are turning around for the better.
    — Carmen Sesin, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And so, Mohr said, that’s no longer an economically ideal place in the county to put that project.
    — Sofi Zeman january 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The result was that our city emerged as one of the first to recover economically in our region.
    — W. Jeff Williams, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Housing tends to punch its weight economically, so any boost here certainly bodes well for the bull market.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 15 June 2026
  • But oil in place is not the same thing as oil that can be economically produced, transported, refined, and sold.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The plan is to examine each one to decide which can be salvaged economically.
    — Don Stacom, courant.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • No one is quite sure what the plan is economically with the new administration.
    — Caroline Valetkevitch, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
  • So a country that was already hard pressed economically really got a lot worse.
    — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Many small towns face the prospects of being wiped off the map—physically and economically.
    — Jesse M. Keenan, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2025
  • And the small launch business has proven to be economically challenging.
    — ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025
  • First, the goal of leading an economically secure life in exchange for hard work has become more elusive.
    — Mark Robert Rank, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The future of the world’s most economically critical region could hinge on it.
    — Time, 27 June 2023
  • Park said the most economically damaging heat is not the record-breaking kind but the gradual ones.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • That is neither legally sound nor economically fair.
    — Sara Albrecht, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Colleges that have set out to become economically diverse have come to the same conclusion.
    — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • There’s less at stake economically with a $6 million film than there is with a $150 million film.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2022
  • But China is a country that has done the most economically for the most number of people in the shortest amount of time.
    — David Marchese David Marchese, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Spain was an economically poor country at the time, still rural and still reeling from the consequences of fascism.
    — Sarah Schulman, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Duke, in short, is one of the least economically diverse colleges in the United States.
    — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Such a car could economically compete with an Uber without the hassle and cost of paying the driver.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2024
  • While the minerals themselves can be widely found in trace amounts, deposits large enough to be economically viable to mine are hard to find.
    — Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Costs around the world are going up on their own just due to factors economically within Italy, for example.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Selling a put is economically equivalent to setting a limit buy order at the strike price while being paid to wait.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
  • So if these things were done together, the process could become more economically feasible.
    — Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
  • This part of Texas is also one of the most economically disadvantaged places in the country.
    — Jeffrey Glassberg, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2022

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