stagnate
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Schusser said Apple also hoped to promote new and upcoming bands who might otherwise struggle to make headway, as people's listening habits stagnate.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Whether he takes a wrecking ball to it or lets it stagnate, the Kennedy Center threatens to become his latest victim.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Luxury home prices are rising on both Florida coasts even as non-luxury prices stagnate, fueled by an influx of wealthy buyers snapping up high-end properties across the state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“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
Their assignment was to stagnate and live in the past.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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“Decoupling seller profit from buyer satisfaction impedes economic growth and slows innovation. Buyer surplus stagnates and inflation accelerates.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
The result could be a "stagflationary shock of pretty large magnitude" - where inflation goes up and growth stagnates, Arvind Subramanian, India's former chief economic adviser, told India Today TV channel.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 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
My blood would have spoiled the drink," replies the joyless man; "it does not flow noble and untroubled like yours; cold and morose it stagnates in me, and will not colour my cheek.
From The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell
The French economy had already stagnated in the second quarter after contracting by 0.2 percent in the first.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Although the country still imports large quantities of soybeans, beef and dairy products, agricultural imports have stagnated in recent years as food output increases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
While inflation rates have been increasing this year, the rates on many high-yield savings accounts have largely stagnated.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
He tells me he'd tried diets in the past which worked for the first stone and then "stagnated".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
As far as he knew, the American program for the Super, the thermonuclear bomb, had stagnated.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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“They’re now moving from being a very quickly growing market to a stagnating and slower-growth market when it comes to transportation fuels,” mostly because of China’s massive push toward electric vehicles.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Still, a large share of Americans have experienced stagnating real incomes since the pandemic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
"It's really stagnating our populations here, because we need to be able to move animals to create healthy breeding pools to look after the genetics of our populations," Biddle said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
In 2022, Peltz’s firm said it was exploring an acquisition or another potential deal for the business with sales stagnating and shares depressed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“I just feel like I’m stagnating, and it’s pretty obvious Sam isn’t interested in my development.”
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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