downtrend

noun

Definition of downtrendnext
as in downturn

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Recent Examples of downtrend Nike set-up Nike , which reports Thursday after the bell, is the technical analyst’s picture of a downtrend. — Jay Woods, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for downtrend
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downtrend
  1. downturn
  2. slump
  3. deflation
  4. decrease
  5. downslide
  6. shrinkage
  7. lowering
  8. diminution
Noun
  • While Chick-fil-A is not immune to these headaches, Cathy told CNBC that the chain’s restaurants have not seen the same downturn.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Saint Laurent’s parent Kering has returned to growth after a bruising downturn, but Balenciaga remains under pressure and Gucci is still struggling to reverse years of falling sales behind the runway gloss.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of downturn
Noun
  • Exports have been a bright spot for China’s economy, which is otherwise struggling with slumping consumption and a years-long property market slump.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Hernández and Tucker both went through major slumps at the plate during the season.
    — Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of slump
Noun
  • The Bank of Japan — or BOJ — started raising interest rates in 2024, a major change after decades of ultra-low rates aimed at combating deflation.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Higher energy and food prices pushed inflation up, adding to cost worries in a country that until recently was threatened with deflation.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of deflation
Noun
  • The decrease in gut bacteria diversity was tied to expansions in populations of certain bad actors, such as the bacteria Enterococcus faecium.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Kansas City dropped 221,703 to 1,527,098 and Arizona, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Colorado and Philadelphia all experienced decreases of 100,000 to 200,000.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of decrease
Noun
  • Norman Powell has visibly slowed a step this season and has been turning the ball over at an alarming rate and will be on the downslide.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The Mexicans had run a successful World Cup only 16 years prior, while the United States, desperate to give high-level soccer a boost with the North American Soccer League on the downslide.
    — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Definition of downslide
Noun
  • Use cool water to avoid shrinkage, skip the fabric softener, and use a small amount of mild detergent to avoid detergent residue from lurking on the fabric after washing.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Curly and coily hair, for example, can appear to grow more slowly because of shrinkage and may also be more prone to breakage.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of shrinkage
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  • There was some preemptive dismissive talk about hair length, teen hysteria, the lowering of standards.
    — George Saunders, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Under questioning, Patel denied that the changes reflected a lowering of employment standards and insisted they were designed to prevent victims who'd been forced to engage in that conduct from being automatically disqualified.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of lowering
Noun
  • Goddard’s diminution is part of a broader pivot at NASA as the White House redirects the space agency to put American astronauts on the moon by 2028.
    — Eric Niiler, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Around the halfway point of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, Petya Trofimov — eternal grad student, moral purist, and former tutor to the once wealthy family whose diminution sits at the heart of the play — makes a speech.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of diminution

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