growth

Example Sentences

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The unemployment rate has stayed low even as job growth has cooled, moving around between 4% to 4.5% over roughly the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Big picture: The unemployment rate is the best gauge of the labor market’s health given slow or no population growth.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

After a long period of deflationary pressure, a bump in price growth could seem welcome, but analysts note if demand remains weak, supply-side inflation will become a headwind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

U.S. job growth blew past expectations last month, a resilient rebound that defied concerns about a pending downturn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In some patches, she could see the screen on the porch, but they hadn’t gotten a quarter of the growth yet.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt