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

Priscilla Presley opened up about her ex-husband's career stagnancy.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024

After a period of stagnancy, facing debts incurred by the loss of the expensive plane, the brothers redirected their focus to the land.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2023

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

One fire kindles another; and without that over-trust in human worth which they show, the rest of us would lie in spiritual stagnancy.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William