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And, yes, even Tesla can endure a strong slump, giving up tens of billions of dollars in market capitalization at the same time.

The decline came amid a broader slump in high-flying tech stocks that pushed the Nasdaq 100 to its worst one-day loss since March.

From Fortune

The pandemic has pushed the global economy into what may be its deepest slump since the Great Depression.

From Fortune

The looming economic slump due to the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to worsen its woes.

From Quartz

These weekly and daily data sets—known as high-frequency data—show that after recovering somewhat from the big slump earlier this year, economic activity has been flagging since the number of Covid-19 cases spiked in June.

From Quartz

One of their first observations about daytime sleep was that the dreaded mid-afternoon slump is part of human nature.

As a result, reporting and public expectations suffered a dreadful, anti-climatic slump.

But if Pixar's going to slump, it's comforting that Disney is back to its old tricks.

I have watched her posture slump with sadness when key legislative fights were lost in the New York and New Jersey legislatures.

Keynes famously said that ‘the boom, not the slump, is the time for austerity.’

We may hit on a good place like this, one day, and the next time we try it we'll slump into a hole that'll raise the mischief.

Two days later the main body arrived, and Llanyglo experienced its first social slump.

He might just as well, he might much better, slump down in a sodden heap amid the rest of the jetsam.

Dimly Bart saw old Rugel slump forward, moaning softly; saw the old Lhari pillow his bald head on his veined arms.

We are always tempted to think a person who "slumps" physically may slump in other ways.

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On this page you'll find 155 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to slump, such as: collapse, crash, depreciation, dip, downtrend, and downturn.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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