as in downs
something (as a situation or event) that is depressing
that story of drug addiction was a real downer
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Noun
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Eligible buyers may qualify for up to $10,000 to $17,000 in assistance toward a down payment, closing costs or interest rate buy-downs with additional programs that may offer more assistance.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026 -
The coach can take a linebacker off the field on passing downs and play both Parrish and Scott inside at nickel cornerback or even at a hybrid linebacker position.—
Rick Stroud,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Some resorts in the Mamanuca Islands are set to lose entire wings to the sea in the coming years, and drinking water in villages is already being infiltrated by salt from seawater seeping into ground bores.—
MIchelle Duff,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
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Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Downers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downers. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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