recession
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We face our own vulnerabilities, some threatening a recession.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
America was in a post-Nixon, post-Vietnam War recession.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Many economists still expect the Middle East war’s hit to the U.S. economy will be temporary, and most don’t see a recession.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
That helped bring inflation down from its pandemic peak without triggering a recession, he points out.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The discovery of the Big Bang and the recession of the galaxies came from a commonplace of nature called the Doppler effect.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Vocabulary lists containing recession
Western Europe - Introductory
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