Example Sentences

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For decades, space exploration stagnated under the purview of bureaucracy-steeped government processes.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

"The reason why people are so frustrated about High Streets is that people are also just annoyed that incomes have stagnated for the last 15 years. I think it all comes together in one package."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Incomes stagnated in April, new data showed this past week, and personal savings rates fell to 2.6%.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Net foreign direct investment has stagnated, helping make the rupee one of Asia's weakest-performing currencies this year, down about 6-7% so far.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Berkeley’s ability to exploit its increasingly inventive faculty’s work stagnated under this lumbering regime until 1931, when Sproul met Frederick Cottrell.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik