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 fund is used to convert the country’s oil wealth into diversified long-term investments that can withstand potential downturns in the oil and gas industry.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Prior housing downturns were leverage events—thin equity, loose underwriting, cascading foreclosures.
    — Wesley Carpenter, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 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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  • The average gas price dropped a few cents a gallon in South Florida this week after double-digit decreases last week.
    — Miami Herald Staff Report, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Separately, several research groups are exploring whether heat can help treat depression, building on a landmark study that showed meaningful decreases in symptoms after one session in a special infrared machine.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of decreases
Noun
  • Hernández and Tucker both went through major slumps at the plate during the season.
    — Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Bitcoin and gold snapped back from steep midyear slumps, with bitcoin vaulting above $77,000 and gold nearing $4,700 as investors rushed into alternative assets this week.
    — Michelle Chapman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 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 company made headcount reductions at AOL, Eventbrite, and Vimeo, following the acquisitions.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • During the interim period between presidents, the university convened a committee to find short-term solutions to some issues such as the reductions in graduate students and grant funding.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 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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