as in downturn
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Recent Examples of downslide
From there, it’s been a downslide every year other than the 2021 ceremony, which managed to score 7.83 million viewers, 1.4 million higher than 2020’s ceremony.
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Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
Mercurial Monday Stocks started the week in a downslide, with the S&P 500 (SPX) falling nearly 4% after the open.
—Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
Now begins the downslide.
—Matthew Soderberg, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2021
After nearly a decade of war, the country is crumbling under the weight of years-long Western sanctions, government corruption and infighting, a pandemic and an economic downslide made worse by the financial crisis in Lebanon, Syria’s main link with the outside world.
—Time, 12 June 2020
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Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
Mercurial Monday Stocks started the week in a downslide, with the S&P 500 (SPX) falling nearly 4% after the open.
—Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
Now begins the downslide.
—Matthew Soderberg, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2021
After nearly a decade of war, the country is crumbling under the weight of years-long Western sanctions, government corruption and infighting, a pandemic and an economic downslide made worse by the financial crisis in Lebanon, Syria’s main link with the outside world.
—Time, 12 June 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downslide
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But February’s downturn in Swiss watch exports also affected most top markets, with Japan slipping back to sixth place due to a 19 percent tumble.—
Lily Templeton,
WWD,
20 Mar. 2025
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Here’s the specific Cleveland-Cliffs stock data that concerns us CLF stock has fared much worse than the benchmark S&P 500 index during several recent downturns.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Starbucks, for example, got rid of upcharges for dairy alternatives to attract customers to try to reverse a sales slump.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2025
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Elon Musk has cut countless federal jobs in the past 50-odd days but if Tesla's sales slump continues, the job losses may soon be closer to home.—
Chandra Steele,
PCMAG,
14 Mar. 2025
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That’s an 80% decrease from 2003 when there were 7,465 robberies.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The most dramatic decrease was among those aged 15 to 24, where the divorce rate dropped from 47.2 per 1,000 to 19.7 per 1,000.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Kahle, who early on recognized the ephemeral nature of the web, said the rapid deterioration of the living web is a serious threat to historical preservation.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
23 Mar. 2025
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Of course, however, a severe deterioration in the U.S. economy would have global repercussions.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
20 Mar. 2025
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In fact, in the United States, arable farmland has actually been in downtrend for several years.—
Sal Gilbertie,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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As long as these EMAs are pointing down, the downtrend remains intact, signaling that the sell-off isn’t over yet.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
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China’s consumer price inflation in February fell into negative territory for the first time in over a year, while producer price deflation has persisted for over two years.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2025
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Mostly, though, Abe cajoled the Bank of Japan to ease aggressively as a means of weakening the yen and ending deflation.—
William Pesek,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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The implication is that maintaining or improving your fitness might help ward off some of the brain shrinkage and cognitive decline that usually accompanies aging.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
28 Feb. 2025
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Another measure of the sector’s shrinkage: In 2019 there were 113 shows eligible for the Lucille Lortel Awards, which honor Off Broadway work; there are just 59 eligible shows so far this season, which, for the Lortels, closes at the end of March.—
Michael Paulson,
New York Times,
10 Feb. 2025
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After noticing a global gap in effective and trusted protection when faced with financial diminution, the company honed in on the product, refining it to meet the needs of employees worldwide.—
Ethan Stone,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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What’s really harmful, in my estimation, is the uncertainty of it all and the diminution of trust our strongest allies will have in the United States for years to come.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Downslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downslide. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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