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Recent Examples of deflation
Concerns about the real estate sector — which by some estimates amounted to a quarter of the entire economy at one point — are among myriad issues facing China, including fears of chronic deflation, a youth jobs crisis, and opaque levels of local government debt.
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Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Driving with low pressure risks deflation that begins in the center of the tires, wearing them down while also causing the vehicle to waste energy attempting to propel the vehicle forward on lumpy wheels.
—Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura, cautioned that appreciating renminbi, or yuan, to reduce trade surplus was unlikely to be sustainable without meaningful steps to end deflation in the economy.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
Adding to the mix of problems, deflation has clouded the economy for much of the year, driven by overcapacity and cutthroat price wars, particularly in sectors such as electric vehicles, e-commerce and construction materials.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
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Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Driving with low pressure risks deflation that begins in the center of the tires, wearing them down while also causing the vehicle to waste energy attempting to propel the vehicle forward on lumpy wheels.
—Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 16 Dec. 2025
Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura, cautioned that appreciating renminbi, or yuan, to reduce trade surplus was unlikely to be sustainable without meaningful steps to end deflation in the economy.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
Adding to the mix of problems, deflation has clouded the economy for much of the year, driven by overcapacity and cutthroat price wars, particularly in sectors such as electric vehicles, e-commerce and construction materials.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deflation
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The primates are raised for at least four years before being used in trials, and breeders did not increase their populations during an investment downturn in 2023.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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And if loyalty is remembered as his greatest flaw during this Giants downturn, that is as good a human legacy to have built in this very public and cutthroat business.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
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By relying primarily on the rising edges of optical pulses, the system is robust against pulse-width variations caused by LED response characteristics, a phenomenon known as data-dependent pulse width shrinkage, as per the release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Jan. 2026
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Avoid high heat that causes shrinkage and dry the sweater flat to prevent stretching.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
29 Dec. 2025
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That was the case even if the extent of their subsequent slump — four consecutive Premier League defeats, six losses out of seven in all competitions — surprised everybody.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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After improvements in passenger totals in 2021, 2022, and 2023, San Jose and Oakland both began to suffer slumps in 2024 and the weakening pattern has lingered well into 2025, a review of official airport statistics shows.—
HECTOR AMEZCUA,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The company strips out nonessential systems and designs each component around mass reduction.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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On Wednesday, city leaders said the strategy has driven the recent crime reduction.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Heart rate decreases during stretching, which could signify the body entering a calm state.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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According to Nexstar, overall Q3 ad sales stood at $476 million, a decrease of $146 million from the third-quarter of 2024.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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Of course, the early witnesses to Tongan culture were the agents of its disruption and diminution.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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Maryland has a diminution credit system in which some inmates can earn a reduction in their sentence.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
2 Sep. 2025
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The creature is the key structural element each movie is built around; take away that pillar and the remaining architecture sags.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Until the heavy load sags and explodes.—
Kevin Powell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Some of it is also related to the age and deterioration of much of the grid, which now requires rebuilding.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The deterioration in the labor market has been concentrated in payroll employment, which is the [datapoint] that is the most susceptible to demographic and immigration changes.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Deflation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deflation. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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