as in recessions
a lack of activity or development and especially economic development
After years of economic stagnation, employment numbers began to rise.
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If state leaders make these smart — but hard — choices, the payoff will be greater affordability, better services, sustained competitiveness, and protection against recessions and federal cuts.—
Andrew Rein,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026 -
As noted earlier, remittances tend to hold steady or even rise during recessions, currency shocks, or natural disasters in receiving countries.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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Why are all the metals flying higher, while oil slumps to multi-year lows?—
Kelly Evans,
CNBC,
19 Dec. 2025
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Behind him, his band, Kublai Khan TX, rears and slumps into its next song.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
16 Dec. 2025
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However, a second cluster features narrower walls made of smaller stones, apparently built to block natural depressions in the terrain, as reported by Archaeology Mag.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Dec. 2025
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Comedy's always done well during tough times, like economic depressions and just tough times in general.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Stagnations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stagnations. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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