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While many projects are maintained for years and continue to evolve, others may stagnate or lose the community's attention.—Paul Stovell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Expunging your debts cannot, for instance, solve the problem of stagnating wages or rising housing costs.—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024 The report highlighted that global employee engagement stagnated and overall employee well-being declined.—Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024 Although the hotel industry has been booming since 2023, UNITE HERE contends that employment has decreased by nearly 40%, while wages have stagnated.—Robert Forrant, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024 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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