stagnant
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Critic W. David Marx, looking to sum up the curiously stagnant opening decades of the 21st century, cribbed a phrase from one of its enduring icons for the title of his book “Blank Space.”
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Garcia-Herrero said there are "so many reasons" for a lack of demand in the housing sector, including stagnant disposable income for households and a shrinking population.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The brand has grown by 10% or more for seven quarters in a row, in an otherwise stagnant luxury market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
As the national market remains stagnant, a shift is underway in many local real-estate markets, signifying a major turning point.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
He could smell the foaming flood water, stagnant and ripe with the rotting debris it carried past each village, sucking up their sewage, their waste, the dead animals.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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