recession
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Kjer said the department never recovered from the 2008 recession, when city leaders cut staffing by more than 25%, leaving it with about 1,500 workers last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
We now call it the Long Depression, still the longest recession in American history.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Stocks gradually recovered even as yields continued to climb, reflecting confidence that the rate hikes wouldn’t spur a recession and that a strong economy would continue to support corporate earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Since the 1930s, England has been the major focus for Irish migration, with big waves during the 1940s to the 1950s and the Irish recession of the 1980s.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Now the adults seemed to talk a lot about some kind of recession thing that was going on.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Vocabulary lists containing recession
Western Europe - Introductory
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East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - High School
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