slumping 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of slumpingnext
as in sinking

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slumping

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verb

present participle of slump
1
as in slouching

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2
as in skidding

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  1. struggling
  2. slipping
  3. folding
Verb
  • But because of passenger complaints and the need to revitalize a struggling tourist economy, the government adopted new regulations last month that will force a change in these habits.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In those 1930s films, the fast-talking lovers and schemers acknowledged the struggling world around them, if quietly (few films beyond Gold Diggers of 1933 made explicit reference to economic turmoil).
    Eric Kohn, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of struggling
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  • Harrison took Georgia’s second-half kickoff all the way to the end zone, slipping a tackle near the middle of the field, cutting toward the right sideline and outrunning everyone.
    Brett Martel, The Denver Post, 2 Jan. 2025
  • By 1980, amid double-digit inflation, spiraling gas prices, and Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolution in Iran, the United States was slipping into another recession.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of slipping
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  • My proposal is that Healey, even standing at only 5 feet, 4 inches, pose for a folding chair photo with the Boston Celtics the way Dukakis did.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
  • However, its Optimus robots, seen folding laundry in a demo video earlier this year, were criticized for being operated by humans using controls, rather than acting autonomously.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
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