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Recent Examples of deflation
After decades of deflation, the cost of living has steeply increased, becoming the number one issue for most voters, whose real wages are being eaten away by a depreciating yen and a 3.7 percent inflation rate.
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Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
That can lead to deflation, or falling prices, that may prompt consumers to put off purchases, hobbling the economy.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Indeed, some Keynesians predicted outright deflation.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
Kilauea began to show signs of eruption on Monday, when deflation was recorded on two tiltmeters, instruments used to measure the tilting or rotation of a structure or the ground surface, according to the USGS.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2025
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Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
That can lead to deflation, or falling prices, that may prompt consumers to put off purchases, hobbling the economy.
—Paul Davidson, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Indeed, some Keynesians predicted outright deflation.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
Kilauea began to show signs of eruption on Monday, when deflation was recorded on two tiltmeters, instruments used to measure the tilting or rotation of a structure or the ground surface, according to the USGS.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deflation
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Management at Paramount Global, eager to win FCC approval for a sale to Skydance Media while grappling with downturns in its traditional business, agreed to pay $16 million to settle the matter.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
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Pre-plan for buffers to weather an inevitable downturn.—
Steve Booren,
Denver Post,
21 Sep. 2025
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The loss of many units affiliated with the Latter-day Saints and conservative Christian churches was part of a broader shrinkage experienced by the Boy Scouts, which served more than 4 million boys in the 1970s.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Not bench-him-now levels, but there has been some shrinkage.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Sep. 2025
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Industry experts say economic challenges have also contributed to the recent slump.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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It's been a tale of two dramatic streaks, with Detroit going through a slump while Cleveland surges.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Most of the more than 200 HIV cases in the region are connected to Mass and Cass drug injection, Ojikutu said, adding that the number would be higher without the city’s harm reduction approach.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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The episode walks viewers from initial flights on the aluminium frame, through the carbon-fibre upgrade, wheel retraction and steering tests, to final flights after iterative weight reduction and control tuning.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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Trends observed include increases in hot extremes and extreme single-day precipitation events, declines in cold extremes, regional shifts in annual precipitation, warming of the Earth's oceans, a decrease in ocean pH, rising sea levels, and an increase in wildfire severity.—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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But as Idzik elaborated on Thursday, the decrease in play is a product of situational football — and far from a result of Renfrow’s play.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Sep. 2025
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Between the diminution of the room and the presence of the attendees, and the ability to interact with objects in a 3D space, the result is one of being there in the same moment, engaging with the same things.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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There are many worthwhile ways to write about the arts, but her sniping at reviews suggests a faux expansion that would actually be a grave diminution.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
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Boiling water can make pipes soften and sag, or even come apart if the glue melts or the pipes warp.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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An inspector found that on one of the colonnades, for example, porch columns are beginning to separate from the brick; exterior walls have wood rot and water damage; and the floors on the inside are beginning to sag and could collapse.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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Presbyopia is the gradual deterioration of your eyes' ability to focus on close objects.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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Three others who died after release due to health deterioration caused by prison conditions.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Deflation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deflation. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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