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WordBand 7–8Toofey picks
recession
/rɪˈsɛʃən/
noun
A period when a country's economy gets smaller.
- “Many firms closed during the recession.”Toofey
- “This increase in unemployment is a consequence of the recession.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))