stagnant
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“The Northeast has embraced slow growth while still doing well economically, but there are other places in the world struggling with stagnant economies, poverty, and cheap-but-low-quality housing. That’s a model you won’t want to repeat.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Its spot in the market has been stagnant for the past three months, Ramp’s data show, and xAI’s share peaked at 2% in January.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
That has been even slower in recent years, reflecting stagnant living standards.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
The bloodlust around the high-profile tit-for-tat obscured the fact that commercial hip-hop had become stagnant.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
But gradually we warmed to one another again and spent several hours poking about a stagnant pond and playing a game of nineholes with stones, and in other pursuits too trivial to recount.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Vocabulary lists containing stagnant
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Vocabulary from the Third and Final Presidential Debate, October 19, 2016
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