stagnation
Example Sentences
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He focused on a handful of issues—cronyism and corruption, economic stagnation and inflation, and decaying public services.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The unrest was triggered by a ban on social media but fuelled by anger against corruption, unemployment and economic stagnation.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
It’s a dynamic that has echoes of Japan’s postbubble stagnation, though China’s trajectory is still far from sealed.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
The result was a decade of high inflation, which, combined with slow growth and high unemployment, was forever branded as “stagflation” — a combination of stagnation and inflation.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
There was no counterbalance to stagnation, to pessimism, to the most abject surrenders to mysticism.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing stagnation
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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President Trump's First State of The Union Address (2018)
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