Sentence examples for slack period from inspiring English sources

The phrase 'slack period' is correct and usable in written English.
It is a noun phrase which means a time when businesses or organizations are less active, so there is usually a decrease in demand for products and services. For example, "During the slack period of the summer, we took the opportunity to reorganize our office."

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It's that temporary slack period, they argue, that must be seized.

They also bloom in late summer and fall, generally a slack period for flowers.

James A. Wicht The Scene: Westbound 79th Street crosstown bus during a slack period.

In America, only Southwest Airlines and Continental stayed in profit in the first quarter of this year (admittedly, always a slack period for airlines).

Selvon worked as a wireless operator for a local branch of the Royal Navy during World War II on ships that patrolled the Caribbean; during a slack period he began to write poetry.

Indeed, after a bit of a slack period, this is an exciting time to be a muon and their penetrating and magnetic properties are being exploited for a range of applications beyond particle physics.

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But weekends are not the slack periods they once were.

Rates increase during peak periods, when congestion is at its worst; they decrease during slack periods.

Meanwhile, it continues to nurture two auxiliary businesses started during its slack periods.

With the holiday season, one of the few slack periods of the year for business travel is approaching.

Applying harvested runoff water through supplemental irrigation provides the twin benefits of alleviating the prevailing slack periods and improving the yields of smallholder farming systems.

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