deterioration

Example Sentences

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“The most significant contributor to slower consumption growth is the deterioration of the labor market,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

In Meta’s case, the firm expects “healthy” revenue above consensus estimates and second-quarter guidance that likely brackets consensus, assuming no further deterioration in the macroeconomic environment.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Adding to the industry’s problems are signs of deterioration on the loans that private-credit firms originated in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

While pockets of stress are emerging within private credit, the issues appear isolated rather than indicative of widespread deterioration in lending standards or balance-sheet quality.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

The flight instructors mistakenly attributed the pilots’ deterioration to their praise of them, and likewise the pilots’ improvement to their criticism; both, however, were simply regressions to the more likely mean performance.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos