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stagnate

[stag-neyt] / ˈstæg neɪt /


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“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

And in late 2022 and early 2023, many followed the crowd into small stocks as they rebounded strongly, only for them to stagnate while Big Tech powered ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Don Was, musician and producer: In life, as exemplified by music, if you don’t change, you stagnate.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2026

As I have written elsewhere, this was the pivotal decade when American culture began to stagnate.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2026

Their assignment was to stagnate and live in the past.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Today, they’re deeply frustrated with the results as the gaming industry stagnates and consumers face higher prices on everything from memory to storage drives and graphics cards.

From MarketWatch May 23, 2026

The opposite can occur if the economy stagnates or shrinks.

From BBC May 18, 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

As growth in pizza sales stagnates, competition between restaurants has intensified.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

Fields which slope considerably, and so regularly that water never stagnates upon or near their surface, do very well without.

From What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science by Greeley, Horace

The property crisis drags on and home prices have stagnated, dissuading would-be buyers.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

But unlike lively neighboring St. Petersburg or Tampa, downtown Clearwater has stagnated, with silent streets and empty buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

However, Maresca typically looks to avoid stagnated attacks through fluid positional rotations.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Average household incomes have stagnated, raising questions about why the royals weren’t tightening their belts, too.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Berkeley’s ability to exploit its increasingly inventive faculty’s work stagnated under this lumbering regime until 1931, when Sproul met Frederick Cottrell.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

But it has struggled to thrive in recent years amid fierce competition from online giants like Amazon, with sales stagnating.

From BBC Aug. 6, 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

Cathie Wood showcased a Tesla robo-taxi ride, highlighting its potential for earnings growth amid stagnating EV sales.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 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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