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stagnate

[stag-nayt] / ˈstæg neɪt /


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Schusser said Apple also hoped to promote new and upcoming bands who might otherwise struggle to make headway, as people's listening habits stagnate.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Whether he takes a wrecking ball to it or lets it stagnate, the Kennedy Center threatens to become his latest victim.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The housing market itself is one, as sales of existing homes, a key driver of improvement spending, stagnate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

“That means once investors make an allocation it is reasonable to see that it will stagnate for a while causing volatility with lower volumes of shares traded,” he said in emailed comments.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Their assignment was to stagnate and live in the past.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

One challenge for China is the huge amount of debt carried by loss-making companies, much of which can’t easily be repaid as overall growth stagnates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The opposite can occur if the economy stagnates or shrinks.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

“Decoupling seller profit from buyer satisfaction impedes economic growth and slows innovation. Buyer surplus stagnates and inflation accelerates.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

Last year's emissions cuts were driven by falls in energy-intensive industries, many of which are struggling as the economy stagnates, and record solar power generation.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

The mind stagnates for want of employment, and is extinguished, like a candle in foul air.—Johnson.

From Pearls of Thought by Maturin Murray Ballou

The eurozone economy grew 0.6% in the second quarter, having stagnated in the first three months of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

While inflation rates have been increasing this year, the rates on many high-yield savings accounts have largely stagnated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

But in a summer of soaring temperatures, The Hundred's crowds have stagnated.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The city’s vouchers for the Community Cat Program have stagnated compared with vouchers for individuals with pets, Naitaki said, leading to explosive kitten seasons like this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

As far as he knew, the American program for the Super, the thermonuclear bomb, had stagnated.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Still, a large share of Americans have experienced stagnating real incomes since the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Genuine reforms remain off the table as a fix for stagnating growth, which means exports are the default.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Currently, stocks of hyperscalers at the front end of the AI boom are stagnating with falls in free cash flow, while chips, infrastructure providers and optical networking gain.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Instead, he linked his positions to a broader critique of stagnating wages and inequality, citing decades of flat real earnings for most US workers as a driver of populist politics on both left and right.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

He did, however, drink water, and the area reeked of urine stagnating in the toilet bowl.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover


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