stagnation
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Fitch said that the U.S. housing market has “shifted from stagnation to contraction” due to weak housing demand even relative to post-pandemic levels.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
“A meaningful decline in payrolls or a shrinking labor force would be early signs that labor market stagnation is giving way to broader weakness,” the head of market and economic research said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
After several years of stagnation, hopes had been high the eurozone's traditional growth engine would rebound this year thanks to a spending blitz unleashed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The rule change comes amid wider stagnation across the UK online dating market.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Yet, once those ideas were challenged, progress was breathtakingly rapid—after fifteen centuries of stagnation, there have been fewer than another five centuries from the time of Copernicus to the present day.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing stagnation
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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President Trump's First State of The Union Address (2018)
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