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Whereas some members, like Vietnam, experienced strong export growth relative to the global average since 2018, export growth slowed in others, like Thailand, or stagnated, as in the case of the Philippines and Singapore.—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024 Before that, there was the oil price crisis of 1998 when demand stagnated on the back of crises around the world.—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024 But results and performances stagnated again this season, despite the club spending a fortune on new players: €214.5 million (almost $232.2 million) just this offseason, according to Transfermarkt.—Ben Church, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024 Worse, building permits, a leading indicator of new housing starts, have also stagnated likely due to the uptrend in rental vacancy rates.—Robert Barone, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stagnate
Word History
Etymology
Latin stagnatus, past participle of stagnare, from stagnum body of standing water
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