1
as in to droop
to be limp from lack of water or vigor
the plant's leaves were sagging feebly in the intense heat
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2
as in to slip
to decline gradually from a standard level
sales figures have sagged slightly over the past six months
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as in to fade
to lose bodily strength or vigor
after a whole day of working in the hot sun, he began to sag
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as in slack
the extent to which something hangs or dips below a straight line
if there's too much sag in the rod, the curtains will drag on the floor
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Hope King, Axios, 29 July 2024
Harris advisers will ultimately have to decide how to deploy the president, whose popularity sagged as voters on both sides of the aisle questioned his fitness for office.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2024
This might occur because the thinner ice over a trench sags like a flimsy bridge; as the ice flexes downward, its bulging belly cracks open.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022
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Between the lines: Higher prices — and more specifically, a sagging value proposition — came back to bite the fast-food giant last quarter.
—Hope King, Axios, 29 July 2024
Harris advisers will ultimately have to decide how to deploy the president, whose popularity sagged as voters on both sides of the aisle questioned his fitness for office.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
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—Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2024
This might occur because the thinner ice over a trench sags like a flimsy bridge; as the ice flexes downward, its bulging belly cracks open.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022
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“Sag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sag. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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