Example Sentences

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Industrial production helped the economy between July and September, despite trade uncertainty, with fixed capital investment also improving from stagnancy in the second quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Mentioning their names returns us to that notion of what we expect from "Pistol" versus what the show gives us, which entails a lot of stagnancy and exasperation.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2022

It resembled the release we were all so desperate for at the time, over a year into the pandemic: The transformation of rage, sadness and stagnancy into something entirely new, like magic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2022

More proof that he’s overcome stagnancy may come Sunday when Wagner could set yet another milestone in a career filled with them.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021

Otherwise you would be sticking either at a stagnancy or at something impossible.

From The Agony of the Church (1917) by Velimirović, Nikolai