stagnations

noun

plural of stagnation
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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  1. recessions
  2. slumps
  3. depressions
Noun
  • Older generations had stress too, plenty of it, between divorces and layoffs and recessions and caregiving and health scares and debt and grief and plain exhaustion.
    — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The city has endured fiscal crises, blackouts, crime waves, terrorist attacks, recessions and a pandemic.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
Definition of recessions
Noun
  • Having endured plenty of slumps himself, Olson made a point to sit down with the young catcher and talk through it.
    — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • The announcement follows a Bloomberg report earlier this week highlighting second-season viewership slumps on Netflix shows, with some losing up to 70 percent of their season 1 audience.
    — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 7 July 2026
Definition of slumps
Noun
  • When possible, make turns on hard surfaces such as driveway, patios, and sidewalks to avoid tearing the grass and creating depressions.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
  • According to the heteronormative version of bluegill courtship, mating season begins when males start building nests—basically, bowl-like depressions in the lake bed.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of depressions
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