as in bowing
bending downward or forward
sagging branches that were weighted down with snow
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as in drooping
to be limp from lack of water or vigor
the plant's leaves were sagging feebly in the intense heat
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as in slipping
to decline gradually from a standard level
sales figures have sagged slightly over the past six months
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as in fading
to lose bodily strength or vigor
after a whole day of working in the hot sun, he began to sag
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Recent Examples of sagging
Essence Wiley,
InStyle,
1 July 2026
Meanwhile, sagging electrical lines threatened to bring some rail services to a standstill.
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Taco Engelaar,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
This simple addition helps prevent the strands from shifting or sagging unexpectedly.
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Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
Most Americans aren’t buying the company’s products, and its stock price is sagging.
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John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Peptide skin-care products have the unique ability to target a host of skin concerns, from sagging to an impaired skin barrier, in part because there are so many different types of peptides.
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Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
24 June 2026
The season ticket base started to grow last season after years of sagging numbers.
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Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
The target concerns are fine lines, sagging, and uneven skin tone.
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Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Trump’s sagging approval rating comes as Democrats have a chance at outperforming Republicans in midterms, with Emerson’s May poll showing Democrats with a 9-point advantage on the generic congressional ballot, though 9% of voters were undecided.
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Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Verb
An InStyle writer recommends the RoC Derm Correxion Retinol Firming Serum Stick for her grandma’s sagging turkey neck.
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Essence Wiley,
InStyle,
1 July 2026
Meanwhile, sagging electrical lines threatened to bring some rail services to a standstill.
—
Taco Engelaar,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
This simple addition helps prevent the strands from shifting or sagging unexpectedly.
—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
Most Americans aren’t buying the company’s products, and its stock price is sagging.
—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Peptide skin-care products have the unique ability to target a host of skin concerns, from sagging to an impaired skin barrier, in part because there are so many different types of peptides.
—
Deanna Pai,
Vogue,
24 June 2026
The season ticket base started to grow last season after years of sagging numbers.
—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
The target concerns are fine lines, sagging, and uneven skin tone.
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Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
Trump’s sagging approval rating comes as Democrats have a chance at outperforming Republicans in midterms, with Emerson’s May poll showing Democrats with a 9-point advantage on the generic congressional ballot, though 9% of voters were undecided.
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Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sagging
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James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, likened our planet’s tilting phenomenon to a nodding head.
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Look for wilting, drooping, discolored, or diseased leaves regularly to keep up the plant’s appearance.
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North says to keep the soil moist and watch for drooping leaves, which indicate your tree needs a drink.
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In its latest trends report, Embark says September is pacing ahead of last year in Europe, while July is slipping—the first time that has happened in the company's history.
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Cleveland is probably most at risk of slipping toward the sell side, but the Guardians have made the playoffs two years in a row and have stayed in playoff contention these past three months.
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More than a week after the disaster, search-and-rescue operations remain active, though hopes of finding additional survivors are rapidly fading.
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Thousands remain missing more than a week after the twin earthquakes struck Venezuela and hope for finding survivors is fading into and effort to recover remains.
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
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Offside was brought in to stop ‘goal hanging’ in the sport’s early years, which had created the unedifying spectacle of players perpetually crowding the goalkeeper.
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Other footage showed residents sheltering near a metro station as strikes hit the capital, as well as heavy damage across Kyiv, including residential buildings torn apart and thick smoke hanging over parts of the city.
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The report will also provide insight into whether American workers’ paychecks are falling further behind inflation.
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But Musk fell short of the yearly 5% minimum the IRS legally requires his foundation to give away, after falling roughly $423 million short in 2023.
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Goldman Sachs predicts a sustained dollar weakening in 2026, driven by fiscal concerns and shifting global asset demand, marking a structural shift rather than a cyclical dip.
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Ukrainian officials describe the strikes as a campaign to pressure Moscow to end the war by undermining its military logistics and supply lines and weakening its ability to mount assaults along the front.
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“Sagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sagging. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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