DOWNSWING Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

downswing

noun

Definition of downswing

as in downturn

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Recent Examples of downswing That group had known nothing but playing into February until the 6-11 downswing last season. — Sam McDowell March 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026 Inflation appears to be on the downswing again after a bumpy ride in 2025. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026 Abbott only made the series cut this year (Brunson is still nominated as an executive producer), but her acting snub signals that the aging comedy, currently in its fifth season, is on the downswing with awards bodies. — Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Dec. 2025 Slice of a big pie Years of Golden State home-price gains dull the pain of the recent downswing. — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for downswing

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Noun

But even after the downturn ended, consumer and business spending remained weak.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Hoopes said the local wine industry changed after the COVID-19 pandemic, with a downturn in visitors and a growth in options.

— Melissa May, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of downturn

Noun

The separate releases are the first to roll out since Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for an industry-wide slowdown on developing advanced AI as the debate about model safety reached a fever pitch in recent weeks.

— CJ Haddad, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
That has the potential to be a natural slowdown of its own, and these models are both being positioned for that new, on-the-ground reality.

— Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026

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