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However, stagnating growth across the region means many will struggle to invest more.—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 23 June 2025 The current center core Wendell Carter Jr, acquired via Chicago four years ago, has mostly stagnated in his play.—Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 Regular workers found that their wages were stagnating even as a tiny elite reaped the fruits of the global economy.—Adrian Wooldridge, Twin Cities, 18 June 2025 The final batch released before the ban period indicates that though Lee Jae-myung maintains a lead, his support has stagnated in the high 40s.—Jong Eun Lee, The Conversation, 29 May 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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