How to Use recession in a Sentence

recession

noun
  • Why are some states in or near recession?
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • So all these two things have buffered our world against recession.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • This report does push away fears of a recession any time soon.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 11 May 2026
  • That can become a doom loop that ends in recession.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
  • So, recessions are about shocks.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The efforts worked, but at the cost of two recessions.
    — Christine Zhang, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • How close is the US to a recession?
    — Paul Davidson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Other firms’ recession odds aren’t quite as high.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Like when many thought that the pandemic recession would be long and painful.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 6 Jan. 2026
  • No doubt prices are high, increasing the risk of a recession.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
  • The proverbial canaries in coal mines will then cause a recession.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Your risk is recession, same as your risk with everything else.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
  • And then the 2008 recession hit, and things went awry.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There have been 12 recessions in the last 80 years.
    — George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Growth and recession aren’t supposed to happen at the same time.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • That’s when workers in routine jobs tend to get laid off and not brought back when the recession ends.
    — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • For the third year in a row, there is a recession in Germany, and this needs to change.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The end of the learning recession?
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 13 May 2026
  • What happens if there's a recession?
    — Jim Defede, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • And the official recession call is nowhere in sight.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
  • Though the recession odds rose intra-week, the betting odds held steady week-over-week.
    — Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Is the risk of recession completely off the table, from your point of view?
    — CBS News, 9 July 2023
  • The nation was still emerging from a recession that had marred his first two years in office.
    — Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Stock markets have tumbled, and recession odds have climbed.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Goldman stops well short of calling a recession.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
  • Oil prices are soaring, and the conflict has raised the risk of a worldwide recession.
    — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Economists warn that the war has increased the risk of a recession.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Most of the states in or near recession produce goods, Zandi said.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • What are the chances of recession in the United States?
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • If a recession causes people to spend less, sales tax revenue will dip.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026

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