flaggingly
adverb
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The Fed cuts rates to juice a flagging economy and job market.
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Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
With investor confidence in the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path fast dwindling, the inflation data next week will be of paramount importance for a flagging market.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
The relationship went both ways, with Hezbollah fighters serving as shock troops that bolstered Assad’s flagging army — an intervention the group justified as protecting Shiite minorities and shrines in Syria from Islamist and jihadi factions in the opposition.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Korea Zinc has said the Chang family’s takeover bid is an attempt by Young Poong to bolster its flagging zinc operations.
—Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
With investor confidence in the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path fast dwindling, the inflation data next week will be of paramount importance for a flagging market.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
The relationship went both ways, with Hezbollah fighters serving as shock troops that bolstered Assad’s flagging army — an intervention the group justified as protecting Shiite minorities and shrines in Syria from Islamist and jihadi factions in the opposition.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Korea Zinc has said the Chang family’s takeover bid is an attempt by Young Poong to bolster its flagging zinc operations.
—Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Flagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flagging. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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