sticky

Example Sentences

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Consumers have plenty of cash to pay for all kinds of services, but rising prices are feeding into sticky inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Inflation, which measures the rate of price increases, has remained "sticky" after a period of steady falls.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Throughout November and December, people had come to Quirky and placed sticky notes on the door saying the store was not a nuisance.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Next, Barclays said industrial production in the U.S. continues to improve, while third, sticky inflation, underpinned by rising oil prices “should lift nominal EPS, especially for industrials, energy and pricing-power franchises.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Clare thought it was joyful and lovely, though Brickbane had always grumbled about it, for it made the book fat and sticky.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman