To stagnate is to stop growing or to stop improving. When the economy stagnates, the number of jobs and the amount of money in the economy stay the same.
The economy has stagnated, which is why there are no new jobs.
The company's sales have stagnated, which is why they're losing money.
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To cease motion, activity, or progress:
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But the cost of this is economic stagnation.
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There is economic stagnation in the West.
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There is no need for the article to stagnate.
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It is the slowing down and stagnation of the project.
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Later development of the machine stagnated.
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The French economy threatens to stagnate.
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At a stagnation point, the velocity of the fluid is zero.
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But the point is, that in the end the stagnation temperature change.
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Not all the people accepted the ideology of stagnation.
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Economic stagnation lasts pretty long.