recession
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For a while, experts linked the decline to the recession that struck in 2008 when the global financial system nearly imploded, driving millions of people into hardship.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The U.K.’s industrial production fell by a third, and a recession that had begun in 1943 was prolonged, then extended again when spring brought flooding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
“Honestly, it looks like the hiring recession is over,” Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, said on a social-media post.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
The resulting recession lasted 18 months and spread to Britain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The most obvious explanation of the red shift was in terms of the Doppler effect: the galaxies were receding from us; the more distant the galaxy the greater its speed of recession.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing recession
Western Europe - Introductory
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