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Recent Examples of downslide
Snow White’s opening weekend box office projections have been on a downslide for the past month.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Data released by the NBS on Friday showed new home prices in China remained unchanged between November and December 2024—putting a stop to a downslide that has been going on since June 2023.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Careers go up and down, and mine was on a bit of a downslide at that point.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 22 July 2024
This time, the downslide affected more than just the big tech names as nine out of 10 Dow categories and 10 out of 11 S&P 500 sectors saw losses.
—Michele Luhn, CNBC, 19 July 2024
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Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Data released by the NBS on Friday showed new home prices in China remained unchanged between November and December 2024—putting a stop to a downslide that has been going on since June 2023.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Careers go up and down, and mine was on a bit of a downslide at that point.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 22 July 2024
This time, the downslide affected more than just the big tech names as nine out of 10 Dow categories and 10 out of 11 S&P 500 sectors saw losses.
—Michele Luhn, CNBC, 19 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downslide
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The quarterly rebalanced mix of large-, mid-, and small-cap RV Portfolio stocks offered a responsive strategy to capitalize on favorable market conditions while minimizing losses during market downturns, as detailed in RV Portfolio performance metrics.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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That downturn means lower revenue from distribution and advertising.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
8 Aug. 2025
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Foreign investor holdings of Treasuries climbed to a record high in June, showcasing sustained overseas demand for US government debt even as a slump in the dollar stoked concerns about sentiment toward American assets.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
17 Aug. 2025
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But since the start of August, he's been mired in an inexplicable, horrific slump.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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However, the department’s own data notes this is a 26% year-over-year decrease from 2024.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Other recipients are expected to see a decrease in their monthly assistance, the CBO said.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2025
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By diplomatic standards, the deterioration has been abrupt.—
Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
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Other economists — such as those at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and UBS Group AG — interpreted the rapid deterioration in hiring more as a sign of weak labor demand, which would push the Fed to commence with rate reductions at its next policy meeting in September.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
9 Aug. 2025
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The early 2020s likely marked the end of a decades-long yield downtrend, especially amid rising U.S. debt.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Economic divergence Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg, sees the dollar resuming its downtrend by early 2026 at the latest because of the relative trend growth differential between the U.S. and the euro zone looking ahead.—
Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
31 July 2025
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This year, Chinese authorities intensified scrutiny over excessive production in sectors like steel and coal in a bid to curb cutthroat competition that has weighed on businesses’ profitability and worsened deflation.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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China’s economy is already flirting with deflation, as consumer prices have been anemic while producer prices have been falling.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
15 Aug. 2025
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Newsom also is pushing how California’s population shrinkage, which in the state’s history only happened under him, has ended.—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
25 July 2025
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Long-term deficiency causes epidermal shrinkage in mice, and in humans.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
30 June 2025
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Between the diminution of the room and the presence of the attendees, and the ability to interact with objects in a 3D space, the result is one of being there in the same moment, engaging with the same things.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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There are many worthwhile ways to write about the arts, but her sniping at reviews suggests a faux expansion that would actually be a grave diminution.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
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“Downslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downslide. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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