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Weekly jobless claims remain volatile, hovering around 217,000 as of mid-October, while consumer confidence has stagnated at historically low levels.—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025 But sticking around doesn’t mean wages and salaries have to stagnate.—Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025 Market analysts also say the PC market has stagnated, suggesting consumers don’t see a major need to upgrade.—PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025 Inflation has remained above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target for years, and a stagnating labor market has reignited fears that more families could see their incomes shrink.—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 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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