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Against this backdrop, investors are assessing the latest economic data from France and Germany, which both contracted in the fourth quarter, while the euro zone stagnated.—Ryan Browne,jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025 In contrast to the US, fresh figures are expected to reveal that the French economy stagnated in the closing months of 2024, as well as a slight contraction in Germany.—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2025 What if the salary cap hadn’t stagnated in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic?—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025 From 1979-2013, low-wage workers saw their real wages drop 5 percent, the middle-class stagnated, but those with very high wages saw a 41 percent increase.—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for stagnate
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Etymology
Latin stagnatus, past participle of stagnare, from stagnum body of standing water
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