stagnate
Example Sentences
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The downtick tallies with the decline in private-sector activity to a four-month low, hampered by stagnating new business, as measured by purchasing managers’ survey data published Tuesday.
"There's no work, that's the problem. The people have stagnated and everything has gone backwards. The buildings have collapsed. Unemployment is sky-high," he says.
From BBC
Housing stocks have stagnated due to concerns about high mortgage rates, tariffs lifting construction costs, and out-of-reach home prices.
From Barron's
Growth in India's IT back offices is slowing, stocks are underperforming, hiring has shrunk and wages have stagnated as the spectre of a new disruptor looms large.
From BBC
The stock fell and then stagnated, seemingly relentlessly, for years, before a rebound began in earnest in late 2024.
From Barron's
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