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inflation

[in-fley-shuhn] / ɪnˈfleɪ ʃən /


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And inflation meant that costs of existing programmes had gone up too.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

And all of this demand from a small sector of the population is likely to drive inflation even higher.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 13, 2026

U.S. inflation rates outpaced wage gains for a second straight month in May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Wealthy consumers driving up inflation doesn’t seem to be on the Fed’s radar yet.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 13, 2026

In 1998 two physicists from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem showed that even a spinning or charged black hole—with a nice, ring-shaped singularity—will kill an astronaut, thanks to mass inflation.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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