stagnate

stag·nate | \ ˈstag-ˌnāt

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stagnated; stagnating

Definition of stagnate

intransitive verb

: to become or remain stagnant

Examples of stagnate in a Sentence

a puddle of stagnating water

Recent Examples on the Web Fire storms also tend to stagnate, staying parked over the fires that create them. — National Geographic, "Intense ‘firestorms’ forming from Australia’s deadly wildfires," 6 Jan. 2020 Continental AG, the supplier that’s cutting 20,000 jobs, expects production to stagnate over the next five years. — Chris Bryant | Bloomberg, Washington Post, "Germany’s Car Jobs Boom Comes to a Screeching Halt," 2 Dec. 2019 His defense continued to fade in the fourth quarter as the Spartans’ offense continued to stagnate. — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan State football stock watch: Coaching, offense, defense in disarray," 18 Nov. 2019 In Canada, provinces have set their own rules, which range from not testing at all, to requiring a sample to stagnate before testing. — Martha Mendoza, USA TODAY, "Lead in some Canadian water worse than Flint, investigation finds," 5 Nov. 2019 During those 100 million years, the oceanic slab attached to India seems to have stagnated and then penetrated the mantle’s 660-kilometer layer several times before the Indian continent finally collided with Asia. — Howard Lee, Ars Technica, "Plate tectonics runs deeper than we thought," 3 Oct. 2019 In the past couple of years, the trade deficit with China has risen, whilst job growth in manufacturing and agriculture, two sectors particularly sensitive to trade, have stagnated. — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, "The Future of Working-Class Conservatism in the U.K. and the U.S.," 18 Dec. 2019 Across the country, wages have stagnated for decades, failing to keep up with the cost of living. — Anjali Tsui, ProPublica, "They Loan You Money. Then They Get a Warrant for Your Arrest.," 3 Dec. 2019 And, just like men’s earnings, our salaries have pretty much stagnated since the early 2000s, including for women earning more than $120,000 a year. — BostonGlobe.com, "Diana Levine for The Boston Globe," 7 Nov. 2019

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18 Jan 2020

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“Stagnate.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stagnate. Accessed 19 January 2020.

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