downtrend

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Recent Examples of downtrend Finally, the 200-day moving average, which is downward sloping, is essentially hugging that same downtrend line. Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 23 July 2025 Price was making lower lows and lower highs, the moving averages were all sloping downwards, the RSI was consistently below 50, and the relative strength was in a confirmed downtrend. David Keller, CNBC, 10 July 2025 The median and average unemployment duration climbed back to near pandemic-era highs, with the share of those out of work for 15 weeks or more jumping to 38.3%, from 34.9%, reversing a downtrend over the last six months. Rob Wile, NBC news, 3 July 2025 By early 2025, this indicator was below its WMA and in a clear downtrend. Tom Aspray, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for downtrend
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downtrend
Noun
  • 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
  • That downturn means lower revenue from distribution and advertising.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • But since the start of August, he's been mired in an inexplicable, horrific slump.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • However, the department’s own data notes this is a 26% year-over-year decrease from 2024.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Other recipients are expected to see a decrease in their monthly assistance, the CBO said.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In the film, Pussycat encounters Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), a stuntman for Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), a Hollywood star whose career is on the downslide.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
  • Snow White’s opening weekend box office projections have been on a downslide for the past month.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Long-term deficiency causes epidermal shrinkage in mice, and in humans.
    Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Companies that operationalize these practices report 30–40% reductions in rework—savings that directly impact margins and competitiveness.
    Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • After Connecticut increased its enforcement of its red flag law, research found it was associated with a 14% reduction in the state’s firearm suicide rate.
    CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Downtrend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downtrend. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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