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noun

economist

CEFR B2

an expert in the science of economics

In a sentence

Six example sentences with economist, each labelled with its topic.

  • The central bank hired an economist who had spent a decade modeling how households react to sudden fuel prices.

    Economics

  • Every campaign wheels out an economist to promise that the plan pays for itself within a single parliament.

    Politics

  • An economist priced the wetland's flood protection at forty million, and the drainage scheme was quietly shelved.

    Environment

  • The bank's chief economist warned that mortgage rates would climb, and half the trading floor stopped listening.

    Finance

  • The startup hired an economist to price its subscriptions, and she found the free tier was costing them customers.

    Startups

  • Keynes was an economist who also negotiated treaties, and his warnings about the peace terms proved painfully right.

    History

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