How to Use on the downside in a Sentence

on the downside

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  • So on the downside, no drone shots today.
    Roisín Savage, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Now, on the downside, that's a fairly large place.
    Loz Blain september 20, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Some were on the downside of their careers, others on the way up.
    Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But Kovalev was an aging fighter who was on the downside of his career.
    Dallas News, 8 May 2022
  • Many also use leverage, which can help boost returns or add to losses on the downside, as well as add volatility.
    Michelle Fox, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The state appears on the downside of a third wave of pandemic activity.
    Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Do the Pats want to pay big money for a player on the downside of his career when younger edge rushers are available?
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The city’s neediest neighborhoods always end up on the downside.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Stocks ended a choppy trading session on the downside Friday.
    Heard Editors, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022
  • But on the downside, the Leo service won’t arrive until 2028.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
  • For instance, if the underlying stock falls short of the strike price, the premium can provide some cushion on the downside.
    Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 22 July 2024
  • If that segment booms in the future, Texas institutions could miss the upside and be more exposed on the downside.
    Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • But on the downside, Razer is not offering a prescription lens option.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 2 May 2023
  • But on the downside, Hersey says the tool still lacks the kind of personalization that would make her swoon over an outfit formula.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 2 May 2023
  • However, those two were gone when Aaron came to bat on a chilly April night, facing a left-hander on the downside of his career.
    Paul Newberry, ajc, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Grady ended up on the downside of some Phillips highlights yet had 18 rebounds and two blocks in 33 minutes.
    Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2021
  • But on the downside, Meta came up with a sneaky justification to derail account deletions.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 July 2023
  • But on the downside, Hersey says the tool still lacks the kind of personalisation that would make her swoon over an outfit formula.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 3 May 2023
  • Traders can use the 50-day moving average at $166 as their reference on the downside.
    Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • That would be Mack, 35, although the six-time Pro Bowl selection is now on the downside of his career.
    Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2021
  • But on the downside, the requirements become even stricter next year, so 2024 versions of these same vehicles could drop off the list.
    Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 6 June 2023
  • But the chance to move up was lost, leaving the Lakers on the downside of an emotional seesaw and under mounting pressure every game.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • This belief sometimes leads to an inordinate focus on the downside of change and ignores the tremendous potential upside.
    John Kormanik, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Aura’s cloud storage is unlimited and doesn’t require a subscription, but on the downside, the frame needs an internet connection to work.
    PC Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The pandemic shone a spotlight on the downside of America’s decades-old dependence on foreign chip production.
    Juliana Liu, CNN, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Now, Trout is 34 years old and on the downside of his career, while Neto is 25 and considered one of the rising stars in the game.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The title character is the person who plays him—a former national champion boxer, now on the downside of his career, who, here, enacts a drama about his own life.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Several commenters focused on the downside of being positioned next to the bathrooms, particularly on longer flights.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The '82 Reds had a lethal combination of lackluster young players, veterans who had off-years and big-name players on the downside of their careers.
    The Enquirer, 2 May 2022
  • The completion of the flag formation typically signals another few weeks on the downside but a look at the weekly and monthly charts does not indicate the start of a new bear market.
    Tom Aspray, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025

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