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knowledge economy

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noun

  1. an economy in which information services are dominant as an area of growth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Globalization, a rising knowledge economy and increasing automation have boosted the incomes of many Americans but left others behind.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

"The internet will gradually return to normal operations this week," Hossein Afshin, Iran's vice president for science, technology and the knowledge economy, said Monday on state television.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

IN FEBRUARY, I wrote about an alternative to sitting in a cubicle in what’s called the knowledge economy.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023

When ChatGPT was released, about a year ago, public focus shifted to the knowledge economy jobs that artificial intelligence could transform, from law to copy writing.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2023

First, a national crusade for education standards—not federal government standards, but national standards, representing what all our students must know to succeed in the knowledge economy of the 21st century.

From State of the Union Address by Clinton, William Jefferson

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