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adjective

ˈdau̇n-ˌhil How to pronounce downhill (audio)
Definition of downhillnext
as in easy
involving minimal difficulty or effort the project should be all downhill after this problem is fixed

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downhill

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noun

ˈdau̇n-ˌhil How to pronounce downhill (audio)
as in dip
a downward slope most runners will have their best splits on the downhills

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downhill

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adverb

as in down

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Recent Examples of downhill
Adjective
Castle has mixed up playing on and off the ball so that his downhill, slow style could come out when needed. — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 21 May 2026 The difference is that the modern contenders are pairing those traits with vertical spacing and downhill pressure. — Jannelle Moore, Mercury News, 16 May 2026
Noun
Spanning 7,045 yards from the tips, this is a fun and fair thrill ride right from your opening downhill tee shot. — Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026 The morning of the Olympic downhill race was sunny and bright. — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 6 May 2026
Adverb
Speculator’s own ski hill is an epicenter for downhill skiing, snowboarding, and various events. — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026 Several hundred people followed her casket from the cathedral downhill toward Independence Square. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for downhill
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downhill
  1. easy
  2. dip
  3. down
  4. smooth
  5. descent
  6. downward
  7. simple
  8. decline
Adjective
  • Cease made similarly easy work of the Red Sox in a 1-2-3 first inning that ended with a Rutschman strikeout, but Boston fared significantly better against him overall.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2026
  • There’s ready-to-wear, sure, but also accessories that are easy to carry from one season to the next.
    — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of easy
Noun
  • That allowed Disney to pull off a great quarter while everyone else felt a dip.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But as temperatures start to dip and cozy layers start calling our names, these personal tees don’t have to be relegated back to your pajama drawer.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of dip
Adverb
  • Webb and Payton will lament converting only 5-of-14 attempts on third down, but the Broncos generally appeared in sync operationally.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The number of beef cows is at historic lows for the midyear mark, and the calf crop for 2026 is projected to be down another 2% from last year’s multidecade lows, per the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s cattle report released last month.
    — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of down
Adjective
  • There’s a symmetry despite all four stands having a different design, ranging from the concrete pillars of the Bramall Lane end to the much smoother lines seen along the John Street Stand.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Pips-in rubber, or inverted rubber, is smooth on the outer surface, and the pips instead touch the inside of the foam.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of smooth
Noun
  • In the second decade of the twentieth century—a period that became known as la Matanza—the killing of residents of Mexican descent was commonplace along the United States’ southern border.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Trump and his allies have used the scheme to target Walz’s Democratic administration and the state’s Somali community, as some of the defendants are of Somali descent.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of descent
Adverb
  • After healthier payroll increases in May and June were revised downward to 63,000 and 20,000 respectively, payroll growth for the past 3 months averages just 20,000 and for the past 2 months has been completely flat.
    — Harry Holzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Her government has launched an unprecedented campaign of arrests, extraditions, laboratory seizures, and intelligence operations that has helped drive fentanyl trafficking sharply downward.
    — Chris Shays, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of downward
Adjective
  • The task seemed like a simple one for a digital agent, as the booking form was online.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Mungiu refuses to supply easy answers or simple paths to identification in this compelling provocation, which poses unresolvable questions to viewers about our biases and presumptions.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of simple
Noun
  • This decline could affect the annual value of his next contract.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Overall, patients who took estrogen-only hormone therapy for menopause were less likely to display signs of memory loss or cognitive decline or to be diagnosed with dementia.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of decline

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