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For Farley, this stands in stark relief to America’s declining societal value for the trades, leading to chronic workforce shortages and stagnated productivity at home.—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025 Will the Senators stagnate towards mediocrity or ascend towards greatness?—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 That’s in part because the job market, where most Americans make the bulk of their money, is stagnating, while the stock market, which is how wealthy people tend to make their money, is surging.—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025 At the same time, more than half of the game developers who participated in a recent survey about VR said the industry is stagnating.—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 23 Sep. 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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