How to Use deflation in a Sentence

deflation

noun

• Economists worry that deflation will bring the country into recession.
• Japan is still dogged by deflation while real-terms wages are only just beginning to inch up.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 25 July 2017
• Well, deflation has hit the head-unit business same as TVs and solar panels.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 3 July 2017
• However, officials said last month a new laser system will be installed on the roof to detect deflation.
  — Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch News, 17 Sep. 2017
• Food deflation, while a boon to consumers, has also eaten into grocers’ profits.
  — Craig Giammona, The Seattle Times, 8 Sep. 2017
• And a historic bout of food deflation has made grocery-store meals relatively cheaper, adding to the competition.
  — Leslie Patton, The Denver Post, 18 June 2017
• During the first half of 2017, deflation was banished, debt defaults slowed, and growth rebounded.
  — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2017
• The deal could intensify a price war in an industry beset by razor-thin margins and persistent deflation.
  — Molly Smith, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2017
• Officials spoke little about deflation at the hourlong briefing on Saturday.
  — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
• Policy makers have since lowered borrowing costs in response to the financial crisis, recession and the threat of deflation.
  — Scott Hamilton, Bloomberg.com, 5 July 2017
• The Fed generally targets 2 percent inflation as a hedge against deflation.
  — Christopher S. Rugaber, Philly.com, 13 July 2017
• A former prime minister who has served under Abe since 2012, Aso has pledged to keep supporting the premier and his fight against deflation.
  — Isabel Reynolds, Bloomberg.com, 15 Aug. 2017
• 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
• But Japan has been close to or in deflation for most of the past two decades.
  — The Economist, 3 May 2018
• The chart shows that durable goods are already in deflation.
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
• The mood among Beavers fans went from elation to deflation.
  — Joel Odom, OregonLive.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• 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
• For Draghi, who used up so much of the ECB’s firepower to stave off the threat of deflation, that’s one more reason to be patient.
  — Alessandro Speciale, Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• But before that, some only saw the delusion, not the deflation.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2022
• Since the late 1990s, a succession of governments have tried to turn deflation into inflation.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024