moribund

Example Sentences

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Neighbouring Thailand hosts millions of people who have fled the conflict in Myanmar or left the country to seek work outside its moribund economy.

From Barron's

The closures also made it harder for smugglers to supply goods to the North’s unofficial markets, where ordinary people get extra food when its moribund rations system can no longer provide.

From New York Times

In his 2022 book on contemporary monetary policy, Mr. Bernanke described the experiment blandly as “large-scale purchases of longer-term securities,” aimed specifically at restoring the moribund housing market.

From New York Times

“Out of the back of our house where we look onto a railway yard, you see these objects that have this very specific use suddenly becoming moribund,” she said.

From New York Times

And earlier in March, the company said it would put up a factory in South Carolina to build pickup trucks and S.U.V.s that would be sold under the moribund Scout brand.

From New York Times