stagnant
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Researchers say stagnant funding has become a major issue.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
“The Northeast has embraced slow growth while still doing well economically, but there are other places in the world struggling with stagnant economies, poverty, and cheap-but-low-quality housing. That’s a model you won’t want to repeat.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Luxury home sales have increased this spring against an otherwise stagnant market.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Mounting legal bills represent another headache for the home-building industry, which is already coping with a stagnant housing market by offering buyers significant mortgage-rate buydowns.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The fens grew more wet, opening into wide stagnant meres, among which it grew more and more difficult to find the firmer places where feet could tread without sinking into gurgling mud.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing stagnant
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