stagnate
verb (used without object)
to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
have been stagnating
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present perfect progressiveof stagnate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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"We have been stagnating at these very low recycling rates for far too long."
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
In many parts of the country, he said, new warehouse positions have more than made up for lost bricks-and-mortar jobs, where wages have been stagnating for years.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2017
Publisher e-book sales have been stagnating since 2013, when they fell 2.5%, according to Publishers Marketplace’s analysis of AAP data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2015
But the recent economic recovery — and wages that have been stagnating for decades — have made it clear that growth alone isn’t enough because those gains haven’t been broadly shared.
From MSNBC ● Jan. 23, 2015
For over two hundred years the West African colonies have been stagnating for lack of such means of communication.
From Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
