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Recent Examples of deflation
The opposite of inflation is deflation when prices decrease and the purchasing power of money goes up.
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Hilary Tetenabaum, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Consumer and business confidence remains sluggish, contributing to persistent deflation.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 13 Dec. 2024
As the Financial Times aptly points out, unless consumption rises and investment patterns shift, China risks deeper deflation.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
And prices are likely to stay high unless there's a period of deflation, which typically only happens during a steep economic downturn, such as a recession.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Hilary Tetenabaum, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Consumer and business confidence remains sluggish, contributing to persistent deflation.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 13 Dec. 2024
As the Financial Times aptly points out, unless consumption rises and investment patterns shift, China risks deeper deflation.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
And prices are likely to stay high unless there's a period of deflation, which typically only happens during a steep economic downturn, such as a recession.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deflation
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Advertisement The debate over the $1 billion project has played out amid a serious downturn in the region’s entertainment industry, with studios shifting film and television productions to Georgia, New Mexico and other out-of-state locations.David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Pederson chalked up Lawrence’s downturn to a long list of injuries in the second half of 2023, but the quarterback’s 2024 was even worse.Mike Jones, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Even accounting for her curls’ shrinkage, her hair only grew about an inch.Ariel Wodarcyk, Glamour, 7 Jan. 2025
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In most cases, shrinkage can be reversed once the drugs are stopped.17 Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT): TRT is commonly used to treat male hypogonadism.Matthew Wosnitzer, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2025
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The State of the Technology Services Market The technology services market has been in a prolonged deceleration for eight consecutive quarters, a downturn more extended than the seven-quarter slump following the 2008 recession.Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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His struggles included an 0-for-7 slump that lasted until late in the third quarter.Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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With only three of four tubes available for the next few years, there will be a 25% reduction in Penn Station access and capacity.Larry Penner, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
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But the wildfires in L.A. have lent a new sense of urgency to efforts by the firefighter union, to argue that any reductions at the department could pose disastrous consequences.Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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According to TfL, ridership across the network remains at 90% of pre-pandemic levels — such a decrease may not be entirely unwelcome for the commuters who remain, given overcrowding caused frequent delays.Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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About 22,000 fewer Californians were unemployed during this period, a decrease from 5.4 percent to 5.3 percent.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The diminution of Black Monday underscores the possibility – perhaps likelihood – that more coaching changes are coming down the pike.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Moscow, for its part, has already formed a quasi alliance with Beijing to expedite the diminution of Washington’s influence.Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2021
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The pacing sags in the middle, when the screenplay (by Casas and Cristina Borobia), slowly treads dread and repetitively underlines issues of postpartum depression and toxic masculinity.Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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This is credited to the smooth platform foundation’s ability to prevent the dips and sags that can occur with sinuous spring foundations.Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2025
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Algorithms are used to predict patients' risk of death or deterioration, to suggest diagnoses or triage patients, to record and summarize visits to save doctors work, and to approve insurance claims.Darius Tahir | KFF Health News, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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The measures, which include banning the maintenance of the aircraft and the supply of new planes, are likely to continue the deterioration of Russia's aviation industry.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Deflation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deflation. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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