sluggish
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Canada’s goods-trade shortfall expanded to C$7.72 billion, as exports rose 3.9% and the Bank of Canada forecasts sluggish 1.2% growth this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Major home improvement retailers were cautious going into their key spring season amid a sluggish housing market.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
The treatment seemed to wake up healing pathways that are normally sluggish in older tissue.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
A sluggish residential real-estate market has driven desperate homeowners to ask strangers on the internet for their input.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
The river Thaya crosses the land, half-frozen and sluggish; the islands of the Danube come into view.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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