Collocations for "recession"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "recession" in context.
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recession
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [an, the] economic recession
- a [deep, long, devastating] recession
- a [double, triple] -dip recession
- the recession [began, started, ended]
- the recession has [deepened, worsened, intensified]
- caused an economic recession
- [hit, battered, plagued] by a recession
- [recover from, get over] the recession
- the [economy, nation] has slid into recession
- go from recession to [recovery, growth]
- [pull, get] the economy out of recession
- [starting, beginning] to pull out of the recession
- the recession was caused by
- as a [consequence, result] of the recession
- the recession [in, of] the [1970's]
- the end of the (economic) recession
- the [worst, longest] recession in
- is in the depths of recession
'recession' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):