deflation
noun
de·fla·tion
di-ˈflā-shən 
ˌdē-
2
: a contraction in the volume of available money or credit that results in a general decline in prices
3
: the erosion of soil by the wind
Examples of deflation in a Sentence
Economists worry that deflation will bring the country into recession.
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Bodycam footage showed officers placing multiple tire deflation devices under the wheels of what appeared to be a white Toyota Camry.
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Pilar Arias, Fox News, 23 May 2024
The deflation of Sierra Leone counterpart Chad Brown?
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
To be sure, deflation is more a symptom than a cause of the country’s challenges, which in part lie with inadequate demand for consumption and capital spending by private business, but neither did China’s leadership say much about these problems either.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The Japanese economy has tended to stagnate in recent years, with slow wage increases as well as deflation, or the continuous sliding down of prices, rather than the inflation affecting some parts of the world.
—Yuri Kageyama, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
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Pilar Arias, Fox News, 23 May 2024
The deflation of Sierra Leone counterpart Chad Brown?
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
To be sure, deflation is more a symptom than a cause of the country’s challenges, which in part lie with inadequate demand for consumption and capital spending by private business, but neither did China’s leadership say much about these problems either.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The Japanese economy has tended to stagnate in recent years, with slow wage increases as well as deflation, or the continuous sliding down of prices, rather than the inflation affecting some parts of the world.
—Yuri Kageyama, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
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deflation
noun
de·fla·tion
di-ˈflā-shən
ˈdē-
1
: an act or instance of deflating : the state of being deflated
2
: a reduction in the volume of available money or credit resulting in a decline of the general price level
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