deflations

noun

plural of deflation
as in downturns

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  1. downturns
  2. shrinkages
  3. decreases
  4. slumps
  5. falloffs
  6. deteriorations
  7. reductions
  8. diminishments
Noun
  • The oil giant is also building a stadium, investing in renewable power projects, and often borrows during downturns to maintain funding to the state.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The reserve fund is intended to help the state maintain essential services during economic downturns, when tax revenues may fall.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of downturns
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  • All of the cumulative regions the wave passes through, with all of the growth and shrinkages that occur, imprint themselves onto the wave, as do the initial and final gravitational potentials.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 3 Apr. 2026
Definition of shrinkages
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  • As daylight decreases, buck (male deer) and doe (female deer) hormones increase.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Tim Belfall, a director at Starlink installer Westend WiFi, reports that the pricing decreases have been popping up in the UK, too.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of decreases
Noun
  • Despite slumps everywhere on the Blue Jackets’ lineup, Fantilli and Johnson have made highlight plays in recent outings.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In last year’s World Series, Ohtani had endured hitting slumps, too, but his teammates compensated with timely contributions to earn a second consecutive title.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of slumps
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  • About half of those seasons involved dramatic falloffs in production for those players the next year.
    — Michael Beller, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of falloffs
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  • Similar deteriorations took place in Tuscany and in Naples.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of deteriorations
Noun
  • The labor force had been shrinking, the result of demographic changes and immigration reductions, but expanded by 421,000 in October.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • For decades, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other ozone-depleting compounds were widely used in aerosol sprays, foams, air conditioners, and refrigerators, causing significant reductions in ozone levels.
    — Dan Peck, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of reductions
Noun
  • But in Zoe Kazan’s version, those diminishments let Lee become the new core of the show’s depiction of purpose and responsibility.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of diminishments
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“Deflations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deflations. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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