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Recent Examples of downtrend
PepsiCo shares meanwhile bucked the downtrend after activist firm Elliott Investment Management took a stake in the soda maker.
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Supply and demand are coming back into balance in the airline industry, meaning airfares are shooting higher again after an extended downtrend.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
The technical outlook turned positive on April 24th (line a) as the NDX 100 Advance/Decline line moved above its downtrend, line a, and its WMA.
—Tom Aspray, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The decline in North Dakota’s sage grouse population dates back as far as the 1950s, Kolar says, but the downtrend worsened in 2006 or 2007, when West Nile virus was confirmed in the species.
—Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Supply and demand are coming back into balance in the airline industry, meaning airfares are shooting higher again after an extended downtrend.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
The technical outlook turned positive on April 24th (line a) as the NDX 100 Advance/Decline line moved above its downtrend, line a, and its WMA.
—Tom Aspray, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The decline in North Dakota’s sage grouse population dates back as far as the 1950s, Kolar says, but the downtrend worsened in 2006 or 2007, when West Nile virus was confirmed in the species.
—Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downtrend
Noun
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Sometimes a market-wide downturn will drag a Best Stock down into the depths with it.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
8 Sep. 2025
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Outside of health care and social assistance, a sector in which job growth seems to be unaffected by over-all trends, the downturn in hiring extended across large parts of the economy, with fewer than half of all private-sector industries adding jobs last month.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Mired in a terrible second-half slump, the center fielder went 2-for-3 with two sacrifice flies after not starting Tuesday and Wednesday and an off day Thursday.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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Meghan Markle's cooking show failed to make the top 10 on Netflix, and PR experts told Newsweek that the slump will likely rule out a third season.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Factory-gate deflation deepened in June and July, falling to its worst level in two years as sluggish domestic demand compounded the country’s overcapacity pressure.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2025
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That can lead to deflation, or falling prices, that may prompt consumers to put off purchases, hobbling the economy.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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Prices across Louisville have generally followed the national trend, showing significant decreases from their peak in the first quarter of 2025.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
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While pedestrian deaths in Mesa and Phoenix have increased since 2019, Tucson saw a slight decrease in fatalities.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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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
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Snow White’s opening weekend box office projections have been on a downslide for the past month.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Body size is a master trait that affects everything from reproduction to food webs, so consistent shrinkage in the wild is a warning signal for biodiversity and ecosystem stability.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
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Disney and Hearst are also shopping A+E Global Media, parent of A&E, History and Lifetime, in yet another sign of media owners adjusting to dramatic shrinkage of the pay-TV bundle.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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Tebboune also shared a message to his Facebook page, as the country's leader announced a day-long national mourning beginning Friday evening, involving the lowering of the national flag.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The water authority spent roughly $200 million on a pump station to make those transfers, before the lowering of the water level prevented using it.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Aug. 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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“Downtrend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downtrend. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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