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Recent Examples of downer
Put simply, the Stargate model may be great for them, but a downer for everyday and corporate customers by doing what cartels always do—boost prices, quash choice, and hamper innovation.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
There’s no doubt very talented people work on Call of Duty and are often allowed to put out a banger amidst all the corporate chaos and unhealthy deadlines, yet 2025’s Black Ops 7 feels like a downer and a sign of the franchise crumbling under its own weight once again.
—Fran J. Ruiz, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
Uncertainty over an interest rate cut in December is also putting a downer on Wall Street.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025
Losing is a downer, of course, but this Chicago team tied for the second-best start to a season in franchise history.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
There’s no doubt very talented people work on Call of Duty and are often allowed to put out a banger amidst all the corporate chaos and unhealthy deadlines, yet 2025’s Black Ops 7 feels like a downer and a sign of the franchise crumbling under its own weight once again.
—Fran J. Ruiz, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
Uncertainty over an interest rate cut in December is also putting a downer on Wall Street.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025
Losing is a downer, of course, but this Chicago team tied for the second-best start to a season in franchise history.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downer
Noun
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Another accident on northbound I-35 and Medical District Drive closed at least one lane and the shoulder, in addition to the frontage road, causing a backup beginning all the way around downtown Dallas.—
Sasha Richie,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Pearce has no memory of the accident, nor of the harrowing month that followed.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Marchand did not see the ice in OT but calmly stepped to the center dot, bore in on Korpisalo and beat him over the glove with a pretty backhander, a move Pastrnak knows well.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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This civic attitude kicked into high gear as ICE bore down on the state.—
Eric Roper,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The bride wore a half-up, half-down look to pull her hair back, yet allowed loose, front pieces that had been blown out to cascade in front of the veil.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
7 Feb. 2026
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Instead of an up-or-down vote on each candidate, voters got to choose three of the five with the leading vote-getter and anyone else above 80% getting into the Hall.—
Josh Dubow,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
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First and foremost, Ja Morant is hurt again, and that’s always going to be a bummer for the Grizzlies experience.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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This weekend’s winter weather forecast around Charlotte is currently leaning toward ice 🧊, not snow ❄️, which is a real bummer.—
Melissa Oyler
January 22,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Downer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downer. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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