How to Use deflation in a Sentence

deflation

noun
  • Economists worry that deflation will bring the country into recession.
  • There’s a mild sense of build, and a yet-milder sense of deflation.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 June 2021
  • Third, deflation cuts both ways.
    — Shuli Ren, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
  • And satellite radar can keep track of ground swelling and deflation.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
  • For me, the deflation starts around the last 24 hours of a trip.
    — Jordan Blok, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2020
  • But Japan has been close to or in deflation for most of the past two decades.
    — The Economist, 3 May 2018
  • The stock did come down as low as $38, but the deflation didn’t stick.
    — George Calhoun, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
  • But what’s a better cure for deflation than pure hoops and hope in the future?
    — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 3 July 2019
  • Inflation and deflation are easy with the twist-and-push valve.
    — Sarah Kester, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
  • See Clevinger, soak up his words, and there is not an ounce of deflation or regret.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The deflation is hard to overstate.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
  • The resulting crash in prices would not be deflation.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Look at the wild swings back and forth between inflation and deflation back in the day.
    — Ben Carlson, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Falling prices might sound like a good thing, but economists agree that deflation would be very bad news.
    — Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 13 May 2020
  • But before that, some only saw the delusion, not the deflation.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 4 Aug. 2022
  • This is what Gerli calls deflation.
    — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The overall effect is one of deflation.
    — Gideon Leek, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But the trend from deflation to inflation appears to have begun over a year ago.
    — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2019
  • But if deflation were the problem, that effect would be a benefit, not a cost.
    — J. Tomilson Hill, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2016
  • Today a big concern is deflation, and that concern tends to keep the yield curve flatter.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Some types of products are even seeing deflation, or a decline in prices compared with a year ago.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The swing this month is largely coming from goods, which were in deflation last month and swung to positive.
    — Brad McMillan, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The deflation of oversized breasts was also spurred by a shift in aesthetics.
    — CNN, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Prices in China are plunging, and the risk of deflation is rising.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 10 July 2023
  • Although there is deep sadness and anger over Charlies’ death, now is not the time for deflation.
    — Letters To The Editor, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Which is yet again a hint that prices go up and down for all sorts of reasons that have nothing to with inflation along with deflation.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The rate declines have not even kept up with the deflation that China has begun to suffer.
    — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The driver drove through the median to avoid tire deflation devices troopers had placed to stop the truck.
    — Mike Cruz, azcentral, 28 Oct. 2019
  • That compares with slight deflation in Japan and the eurozone.
    — Aaron Back, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2020
  • What makes this deflation remarkable is what didn’t happen alongside it.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026

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