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Higher energy prices mean that wages will likely stagnate in real terms next year, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

"It's already starting to stagnate, so that's serious," said Catriona Bass, director of the Long Mead Foundation.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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

“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

But economists say he has failed to deliver a sharp rebound as Argentina’s economy stagnates and people demand jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

What if Anthropic’s customer growth dwindles or stagnates?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The opposite can occur if the economy stagnates or shrinks.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

“Decoupling seller profit from buyer satisfaction impedes economic growth and slows innovation. Buyer surplus stagnates and inflation accelerates.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

A whole rich county now stagnates hopelessly under the grip of this sample of private enterprise, towns fail to grow, trade flows sluggishly from point to point.

From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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

While inflation rates have been increasing this year, the rates on many high-yield savings accounts have largely stagnated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

The city’s vouchers for the Community Cat Program have stagnated compared with vouchers for individuals with pets, Naitaki said, leading to explosive kitten seasons like this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

One of them: to shore up consumption, which has stagnated in recent years, by opening up retail across the whole week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Back in Detroit, the labor war had stagnated, with each side accusing the other of failing to communicate.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

The market for asset-backed commercial paper teetered on the brink of collapse during the financial crisis before stagnating for a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

"I think we're stagnating too much and we need to develop the economy," Aia Laucina, a 49-year-old employee of the European Commission, told AFP, adding the country needs "to work on demography".

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

However, since early July oil prices have been "creeping upwards until the middle of the month then stagnating".

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 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

“I just feel like I’m stagnating, and it’s pretty obvious Sam isn’t interested in my development.”

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad