deterioration

Example Sentences

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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

"If we do the right thing early in the illness, and support people with the right level of pacing, you can prevent that deterioration in a lot of cases."

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

We’re avoiding staples because many of those companies may be seeing long-term demand deterioration.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

“The key proinflationary risks are associated with a deterioration in the global economic outlook and rising global price pressures amid increased geopolitical tensions,” it said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

We have lost the innocence of it, of those days before we knew the extent of the aunts’ rage, before Gran’s death and Granddad’s deterioration.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart