How to Use deflation in a Sentence

deflation

noun

• Economists worry that deflation will bring the country into recession.
• For me, the deflation starts around the last 24 hours of a trip.
  — Jordan Blok, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2020
• The stock did come down as low as $38, but the deflation didn’t stick.
  — George Calhoun, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
• There’s a mild sense of build, and a yet-milder sense of deflation.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 June 2021
• The chart shows that durable goods are already in deflation.
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
• And satellite radar can keep track of ground swelling and deflation.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
• But what’s a better cure for deflation than pure hoops and hope in the future?
  — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 3 July 2019
• The head of the world’s largest retailer just used the D word on an earnings call: deflation.
  — Jeannette Neumann, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• See Clevinger, soak up his words, and there is not an ounce of deflation or regret.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2021
• Look at the wild swings back and forth between inflation and deflation back in the day.
  — Ben Carlson, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2020
• Inflation and deflation are easy with the twist-and-push valve.
  — Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
• Much of the eurozone, in fact, went into the deflation zone last month.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2020
• 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 driver drove through the median to avoid tire deflation devices troopers had placed to stop the truck.
  — Mike Cruz, azcentral, 28 Oct. 2019
• This tying of the pound to gold made the pound more overvalued, lowered the trade balance and ushered in deflation and slow growth.
  — WSJ, 15 Oct. 2018
• 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
• Today a big concern is deflation, and that concern tends to keep the yield curve flatter.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2019
• But the trend from deflation to inflation appears to have begun over a year ago.
  — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2019
• In his second term, Abe helped Japan's economy, the world's third-largest, claw its way out of a cycle of deflation.
  — Clay Chandler, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2020
• In that case, the economists fear the US might have tipped into outright deflation.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 27 May 2022
• That compares with slight deflation in Japan and the eurozone.
  — Aaron Back, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2020
• 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
• And with key consumer prices falling again, the prospect of a return to the deflation that ingrained that attitude can’t be ruled out.
  — Toru Fujioka, Bloomberg.com, 11 Nov. 2020
• The deflation of oversized breasts was also spurred by a shift in aesthetics.
  — CNN, 22 Apr. 2021
• When Kuroda was hired in 2013, his mandate was to turbocharge the BOJ’s assault on deflation.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 17 June 2022
• Yes, but: Eagles fans usually find healthier ways to deal with the elation and deflation.
  — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
• Police attempted a traffic stop and said Sewell sped away, but later lost control of the vehicle when police deployed a tire deflation device.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024