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In the 1960s and 1970s, and the 2020s, inflation surged, wages stagnated, and the financial foothold of the middle class, once aspirational, became uncertain.—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025 Line chart of Manchester United's net transfer debt as a proportion of annual revenue, where the proportion in recent years has been much higher, reflecting continued heavy spending while revenues have stagnated.—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 May 2025 Wages have stagnated while housing, child care and food costs have climbed.—Editorial, Boston Herald, 12 May 2025 The case stagnated for years until the breakthrough in August 2024.—Bethany Brown, People.com, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for stagnate
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Etymology
Latin stagnatus, past participle of stagnare, from stagnum body of standing water
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