downturn
noun
down·turn
ˈdau̇n-ˌtərn 
: a downward turn especially toward a decline in business and economic activity
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Mirroring a broader downturn for AI infrastructure, its stock is down 46%, to $72, since late October.
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
This broad growth is driven by consumers’ propensity to indulge in feel-good luxuries amid today’s economic uncertainty and downturns.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 16 Dec. 2025
In another sign that the sector downturn is still searching for a bottom, the declines in home prices across 70 major cities steepened in November.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
Luxury cars going out of vogue in China China’s economic downturn is hitting the luxury car sector, dealing a blow to European brands.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
This broad growth is driven by consumers’ propensity to indulge in feel-good luxuries amid today’s economic uncertainty and downturns.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 16 Dec. 2025
In another sign that the sector downturn is still searching for a bottom, the declines in home prices across 70 major cities steepened in November.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
Luxury cars going out of vogue in China China’s economic downturn is hitting the luxury car sector, dealing a blow to European brands.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for downturn
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“Downturn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downturn. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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