stagnate
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And he predicted that effect to dissipate in the second quarter, leading eurozone GDP excluding Ireland to stagnate in the spring.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 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
Without standardized materials and methods, they worried that the field of tissue culture would stagnate.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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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
Without them society stagnates, the intellect grows rusty, and prejudice takes the place of rational thought and volition.
From Society Its Origin and Development by Rowe, Henry Kalloch
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
"While employment growth in the capital has been stronger than in the rest of the UK, productivity has broadly stagnated since the global financial crisis," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Why did Europe rebound from demographic catastrophe while much of the Near East stagnated?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Even as mobility seems to have stagnated, the ranks of the elite are opening.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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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
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
But the Industrial Revolution left average real wages stagnating and the quality of non-wage amenities declining for four decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Some are concerned that AI could worsen what’s called a “K-shaped” economy, in which the rich see growth and most other people struggle with stagnating opportunities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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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