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Not a few investors have learned to build in a standard deflation factor to bring these projections closer to reality or plausibility.

"I remember the deflation," Eze says about the knockbacks he received as he tried to find his way in the game.

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"As they lose weight they start to notice deflation and some sagging of their face," she said.

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The market’s recent poor performance, moreover, may have something to do with a deflation of the artificial intelligence investment bubble of recent years, which may have further to unfold.

While the US and other major powers have struggled with post-Covid inflation, China is experiencing the opposite: deflation - when the rate of inflation falls below zero, meaning that prices decrease.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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