stagnation
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"Where there was stagnation, there is now investment."
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The immovability of both songs has raised questions about stagnation in the charts, and whether streaming services are doing enough to promote new music.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Fitch said that the U.S. housing market has “shifted from stagnation to contraction” due to weak housing demand even relative to post-pandemic levels.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
“A meaningful decline in payrolls or a shrinking labor force would be early signs that labor market stagnation is giving way to broader weakness,” the head of market and economic research said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Political and economic stagnation undermined many black Americans’ confidence in the old tactics of the civil rights movement.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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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