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recession

[ri-sesh-uhn] / rɪˈsɛʃ ən /


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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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