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Without continuous oversight and retraining, AI can stagnate, reinforce errors or even degrade in accuracy over time.—Ivana Johnston, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 In comparison, spending by middle and lower-income groups has stagnated or even declined.—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025 Math scores stagnated, remaining well below pre-pandemic levels.—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025 The cost of that tax break has soared since then as China’s exports have surged, producing a trade surplus of almost $1 trillion last year even as the rest of the economy stagnated.—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 21 Mar. 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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