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China’s economy is stagnating, and its population is shrinking.—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 Advocates, though, countered that the wage has been stagnated for so long that a large increase is necessary.—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2025 As 2025 accelerates this transition from working remotely to returning to the office, one leadership skill may have stagnated from lack of use and needs to be revived.—Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.d., Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 Rivals such as Macy's and Kohl's have been forced to consider sweeping changes under pressure from investors, while Nordstrom's sales have largely stagnated over the past decade.—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 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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