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Recessional

Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.

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Anthem 76% connected

Formerly, a hymn sung in alternate parts, in present usage, a selection from the Psalms, or other parts of the Scriptures or the liturgy, set to sacr…

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Hymn 76% connected

An ode or song of praise or adoration; especially, a religious ode, a sacred lyric; a song of praise or thankgiving intended to be used in religious…

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Procession 76% connected

The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly, or ceremonious progress; continuous course.

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Recession 74% connected

The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.

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Recession 74% connected

The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.

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Recession 66% connected

The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.

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Recession 92% connected

The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.

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Aggregate noun · 78% connection

material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster

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aggregate demand noun · 78% connection

In macroeconomics, the total demand for final goods and services in the economy at a given time and price level.; "The decline in Japa…

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Business noun · 78% connection

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

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Business cycle noun · 78% connection

recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline

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Crying adjective · 78% connection

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a gl…

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Cycle noun · 78% connection

a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation"

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Demand noun · 78% connection

the act of demanding; "the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"

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Depression noun · 78% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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Domestic adjective · 78% connection

of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"

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Economic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, polit…

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Economic crisis noun · 78% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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Economic growth noun · 78% connection

steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)

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Fiscal policy noun · 78% connection

a government policy for dealing with the budget (especially with taxation and borrowing)

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GDP noun · 78% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Global demand noun · 78% connection

In macroeconomics, the total demand for final goods and services in the economy at a given time and price level.; "The decline in Japa…

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Gross domestic product noun · 78% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Growth noun · 78% connection

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

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Increase noun · 78% connection

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"

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Absence noun · 78% connection

Want; destitution; withdrawal.

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Absentment noun · 78% connection

The state of being absent; withdrawal.

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Abstraction adjective · 78% connection

The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal.

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Accretion noun · 78% connection

The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain o…

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Alluvion noun · 78% connection

gradual formation of new land, by recession of the sea or deposit of sediment

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Avoidance noun · 78% connection

A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.

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Back adverb · 78% connection

In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back0 the offensive words.

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Click noun · 78% connection

A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of t…

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Declination noun · 78% connection

The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal.

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Dementia praecox noun · 78% connection

any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal fro…

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Disestablishment noun · 78% connection

The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the st…

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Drain noun · 78% connection

The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.

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