stagnation
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A shift from stagnation to layoffs will threaten already shaky balance sheets — and consumer spending.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Their obsession with loyalty and often-imagined conspiracies ended with purges of some of the UFW’s most dynamic leaders and organizing stagnation, even as field hands continued to labor under abysmal conditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
L'Oreal said Thursday its third quarter sales rose by double digits as the French cosmetics giant appeared to have dodged the stagnation affecting much of the luxury industry.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
France and even Japan, which for years was a poster child for ultralow rates thanks to decades of economic stagnation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Yet, once those ideas were challenged, progress was breathtakingly rapid—after fifteen centuries of stagnation, there have been fewer than another five centuries from the time of Copernicus to the present day.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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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