stagnant

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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies advanced on Monday, bucking days of stagnant trading after Strategy—one of the most significant digital asset market participants—suggested they may resume a buying spree.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Deflation often has been associated with Japan, which experienced stagnant or falling prices from the 1990s through 2022.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

And with Italy's economy already stagnant, many people are concerned about the war's impact on their energy costs.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

This study rules out the stagnant lid idea, showing that Earth's surface was already divided into moving pieces.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

It choked him like weeds and rot and colonies of vermin, clogging and staining him, stagnant and fetid, so that nothing so noble as love, or—gods above—forgiveness, could ever claim space in him.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor