How to Use deflation in a Sentence

deflation

noun

• Economists worry that deflation will bring the country into recession.
• And satellite radar can keep track of ground swelling and deflation.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
• The head of the world’s largest retailer just used the D word on an earnings call: deflation.
  — Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• Inflation and deflation are easy with the twist-and-push valve.
  — Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
• Prices in China are plunging, and the risk of deflation is rising.
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 10 July 2023
• The online deflation was led by a 9.3% year-over-year plunge in electronics prices, Adobe said, the area consumers spend the most.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022
• But before that, some only saw the delusion, not the deflation.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2022
• The rate declines have not even kept up with the deflation that China has begun to suffer.
  — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• The swing this month is largely coming from goods, which were in deflation last month and swung to positive.
  — Brad McMillan, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• In that case, the economists fear the US might have tipped into outright deflation.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 27 May 2022
• Keep in mind that this is in the context of deflation – prices in China fell 0.8% in January, the steepest decline in 14 years.
  — Nikki Baird, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• When Kuroda was hired in 2013, his mandate was to turbocharge the BOJ’s assault on deflation.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 17 June 2022
• Defiance in the face of deflation can fuel such things.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
• Some types of products are even seeing deflation, or a decline in prices compared with a year ago.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2023
• Of course, not everyone agrees that deflation is the future.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 27 Aug. 2021
• Setup: Our team timed the inflation process, as well as deflation after the test was complete.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
• Exports also plunged last month, and the country is now flirting with deflation.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 18 July 2023
• A day after the vote, the sense of deflation among backers of the opposition was palpable.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
• The strength of the US dollar compared to other currencies could cause further deflation in US goods.
  — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 13 July 2022
• To be sure, problems arise when inflation is very high or, by contrast, when there is deflation.
  — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
• By simply clipping to the valve stem on two tires at once, the Indeflate matches the deflation speed of a valve core removal tool, with much less hassle.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 20 Sep. 2022
• The pad also includes a multifunction valve and Airstream Pump that makes the inflation and deflation process quick and easy.
  — Leslie Hsu Oh, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2023
• There’s no doubt the cringe-worthy, 46-13 undressing against the Aggies came with an extra serving of deflation.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2021
• Beijing has spent the past week needling Washington over the forcible deflation and subsequent crash of a certain balloon.
  — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2023
• The meat has a heavy weighting in the basket of food prices, which was a big contributor to July’s lapse into consumer deflation.
  — Time, 23 Aug. 2023
• Wood has for years made the case that deflation, not inflation, is the real economic boogeyman.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 28 June 2022
• Ratios of up to 100 are much more terrifying, and indeed presage a far harder fall than the U.S. suffered in the great housing deflation.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2021
• The paddle boards scoring the highest for ease of use had a hassle-free inflation and deflation process, and the accessories proved to be helpful for using the board.
  — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024
• Disinflation is a slowdown in rising prices, and deflation is the falling of prices.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
• But after the devastating deflation of last season’s defense, the question for the Bulls is simple: How long can this last?
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024