How do you use Slippage in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like decrease or decrement, plus the exact meaning.
Slippage meaning
- The act of slipping, especially from a secure location.
- The amount by which something has slipped.
- A lessening of performance or achievement.
Using Slippage
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of slipping, especially from a secure location. | The amount by which something has slipped. | A lessening of performance or achievement.
- Useful related words include: decrease, decrement, decline, diminution.
- In the example corpus, slippage often appears in combinations such as: slippage is, slippage in, to slippage.
Context around Slippage
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slippage
- In this selection, "slippage" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, further, fiscal, cost, came, caused and towards stand out and add context to how "slippage" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cost slippage with expenses and a dangerous slippage towards decoupling. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slippage" sits close to words such as aau, abandons and affections, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slippage
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Revenue this quarter was lower than expectation due to slippage. (10 words)
Alas, the 0.5% of GDP slippage is not where it ends. (12 words)
That slippage came after sales dropped more than 5% in the second quarter. (13 words)
The season 2 trailer indicated that he is having an issue with time slippage, and there would be no individual better at understanding the problem than a person who spent her entire life hiding in the timelines. (37 words)
The rating agency expected the economic shock from the coronavirus and the fiscal policy response to result in significant slippage from the central government’s budgeted deficit target for fiscal 2020-21. (32 words)
He said the Minister also told them that the World Bank budget support is unlikely to materialize due to slippage, as such it led to non-realization of certain development policies operations. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
From -- coming out of Vegas there has been some slippage in the slots that we got, but I want to reinforce to this group.
Further, the business has seen S&A cost slippage, with expenses increasing as a % of revenue by 1ppt.
Revenue this quarter was lower than expectation due to slippage.
She confirmed that problems with the supply of building materials "are resulting in delays to projects which, in turn, could lead to increased slippage and increased costs".
That slippage came after sales dropped more than 5% in the second quarter.
The season 2 trailer indicated that he is having an issue with time slippage, and there would be no individual better at understanding the problem than a person who spent her entire life hiding in the timelines.
John Swinney, parachuted back into senior office as Mr Yousaf’s successor, could do no more than avoid further slippage in his party’s position.
Other reasons to steer clear of the Sportsters are issues with the faulty clutch plate design leads to gear slippage.
Alas, the 0.5% of GDP slippage is not where it ends.
He also wants to seize the reins of the overdue Crossrail project “to make sure there is no further slippage or increase in cost”.
In Meenbog in County Donegal we hear of peat slippage caused by roads constructed through trees to get the turbines into the bog which has resulted in a huge ecological disaster.
It also adjusts to road and weather conditions and in the event it senses tire slippage it will automatically shift all available engine torque to the wheels with the most traction.
It’s a scenario that unionists will regard as a dangerous slippage towards decoupling the region from the rest of the union.
Slippage guidance is 1.5-1.6% over and above the lockdown impact.
The rating agency expected the economic shock from the coronavirus and the fiscal policy response to result in significant slippage from the central government’s budgeted deficit target for fiscal 2020-21.
He said the Minister also told them that the World Bank budget support is unlikely to materialize due to slippage, as such it led to non-realization of certain development policies operations.
If the slippage reaches 15 percent, the contractor is given a final warning and required to submit a more detailed program of additional inputs.
July 12, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s possible fiscal slippage is the main argument against relaxing monetary policy, the Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said.
Often, fiscal stimulus is launched through the tax side than expenditure side, assuming that the buoyancy of the former will ensure minimum fiscal slippage, while shoving the economy out of a glut.
The land slippage is due to failure to provide adequate infrastructure to manage groundwater, and allowing development to go ahead in the area.
Common combinations with slippage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- slippage is 9×
- slippage in 7×
- to slippage 4×
- slippage and 4×
- fiscal slippage 4×
- some slippage 3×
- any slippage 3×
- further slippage 2×
- slippage or 2×
- slippage from 2×