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weaken

[wee-kuhn] / ˈwi kən /


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A weakening labor market and a slowdown in inflation give the green light for more rate cuts.

From Barron's

A majority of the index’s future indicators weakened, but continue to expects growth over the next six months.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Bank of England cut its key interest rate to 3.75 percent on Thursday after UK inflation eased faster than expected and as the economy weakens.

From Barron's

The more they negotiated with it, the more Claudius’s defenses started to weaken.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over time, this can cause AI models to focus on signals tied more closely to demographics than to the disease itself, weakening diagnostic performance across diverse patient groups.

From Science Daily