stagnation
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Russian economists speak of "stagnation" and, in some areas, "decline".
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
France’s data agency also downgraded its GDP to a contraction of 0.1%, from stagnation originally recorded.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Where the article stresses a sense of stagnation and managed decline, several campaigns cast the moment as an opening for large-scale structural change.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
To be sure, the greenback’s stagnation is not a simple story.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
The newly reenergized suffrage movement finally started having some success after a long period of stagnation.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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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