weakness

Example Sentences

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Shares of Walmart were up 0.8% in recent afternoon trading Thursday, to buck the weakness in the overall stock market.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

This is where the pressure hits the rocket the hardest, and when engineers know that even a small structural weakness can be disastrous.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The lender’s small short-dated negative gap—where funding costs reset faster than loan yields—could help cushion interest-rate weakness, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

In this case, expectations are everything, and it seems the market is more concerned with the continuing weakness in Phreesia’s network solutions group.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“I don’t know; oh, I don’t know. And that is what is so terrible. All this weakness comes to me in sleep; until I dread the very thought.”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker