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recession

noun as in reversal of action; reduction of business activity

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Stay-at-home stocks continue to dominate the wider markets rally as investors bet the digital economy will power the broader economy out of recession.

From Fortune

In 2008, China and India did not slip into a recession — their economic growth merely slowed.

From Ozy

When people hear “degrowth,” they think that sounds like a recession.

Women — who have been hit harder than men during this recession — did see some substantial gains this month.

Low-income women of color are also among the likeliest to have lost their jobs in the current recession.

The state was in a deep recession as Duke galvanized a racial backlash.

The follow-up story is how those who survived both the competitive onslaught, as well as the recession, have adapted.

Following the pre-recession excess of T-Pain and Akon, hip-hop was in search of greater authenticity.

All of this contrasts markedly with pre-recession policies, especially what has come to be known as the “Beckham Law.”

During the recession net immigration to the U.S. from Mexico fell to zero or less.

Here the man broke off to assist in bringing the boat back from its recession with the current, at this point boisterously swift.

Where strata rest on exposed softer beds, these are undermined from the front, and in this way recession is brought about.

This was really on his part a recession from the extreme ground he had taken in the speech.

The inlet, therefore, will not be much extended beyond its present limit by the recession of the glacier.

As he sat smoking, the recession came, the reaction from weeks of nervous tension.

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On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to recession, such as: bankruptcy, collapse, decline, deflation, downturn, and hard times.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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