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Recent Examples of downtrend
The downtrend that extended from the March highs was just broken in late September — something has changed.
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Jay Woods, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
January 2026 is estimated to reverse the downtrend of the previous months, although cargo declines will still reach 16.1 percent year over year to 1.87 million TEUs.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
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Jay Woods, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
January 2026 is estimated to reverse the downtrend of the previous months, although cargo declines will still reach 16.1 percent year over year to 1.87 million TEUs.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downtrend
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The primates are raised for at least four years before being used in trials, and breeders did not increase their populations during an investment downturn in 2023.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
5 Jan. 2026
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And if loyalty is remembered as his greatest flaw during this Giants downturn, that is as good a human legacy to have built in this very public and cutthroat business.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2026
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That was the case even if the extent of their subsequent slump — four consecutive Premier League defeats, six losses out of seven in all competitions — surprised everybody.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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After improvements in passenger totals in 2021, 2022, and 2023, San Jose and Oakland both began to suffer slumps in 2024 and the weakening pattern has lingered well into 2025, a review of official airport statistics shows.—
HECTOR AMEZCUA,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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China’s deflation trap China’s deflationary spiral will deepen and Beijing won’t do anything to stop it.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
6 Jan. 2026
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Third, deflation cuts both ways.—
Shuli Ren,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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Heart rate decreases during stretching, which could signify the body entering a calm state.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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According to Nexstar, overall Q3 ad sales stood at $476 million, a decrease of $146 million from the third-quarter of 2024.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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Solar action should start to ease, however, with the 11-year solar cycle finally on the downslide.—
Marcia Dunn,
Fortune,
28 Dec. 2025
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This downslide amplifies an economic correction in the live space, following a years-long explosion of business post-Covid.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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By relying primarily on the rising edges of optical pulses, the system is robust against pulse-width variations caused by LED response characteristics, a phenomenon known as data-dependent pulse width shrinkage, as per the release.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Jan. 2026
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Avoid high heat that causes shrinkage and dry the sweater flat to prevent stretching.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
29 Dec. 2025
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The lowering of drug prices is a position of wide appeal that Trump has tapped into in his second term.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Nov. 2025
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As a result, the lowering of the standards has become a way of life, and that’s THE problem.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
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Of course, the early witnesses to Tongan culture were the agents of its disruption and diminution.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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Maryland has a diminution credit system in which some inmates can earn a reduction in their sentence.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Downtrend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downtrend. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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