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stagnant

[stag-nuhnt] / ˈstæg nənt /


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PulteGroup reported lower first-quarter profit, falling to $347 million, due to a stagnant housing market and elevated sales incentives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Hiring overall has slowed, and “both white-collar and blue-collar job growth is stagnant … while the so-called ‘pink-collar’ roles in healthcare are continuing to show strong growth.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

But this means little to the workers in Foshan, who are frustrated by stagnant wages.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

The aim would be to bolster a stagnant labor market and drum up demand in key areas of the economy such as housing that have suffered from high borrowing costs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

There was running water at the bottom: it was in fact the bed of one of the many small rivers that trickled down from the hills to feed the stagnant pools and mires beyond.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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