as in slump
a situation in which something (such as business or economic activity) decreases or becomes worse
—usually singular
an economic downturn There's been a downturn in the housing market.
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Recent Examples of downturn
The Financial Stability Board has made the same point about private credit at large, that a market this size has not been tested through a severe downturn.
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Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
But amid a production downturn in Los Angeles that has devastated the industry, the boom in visitors for the two Obsession locations is a bright spot in a dark time.
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Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
This financial setback and numerous other loan delinquencies and foreclosure proceedings have erupted with increasing frequency as the Bay Area hotel market is locked in a downturn.
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George Avalos,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Despite the downturn, the company’s shares are still up roughly 20 percent since trading began on Friday.
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Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for downturn
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
But amid a production downturn in Los Angeles that has devastated the industry, the boom in visitors for the two Obsession locations is a bright spot in a dark time.
—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
This financial setback and numerous other loan delinquencies and foreclosure proceedings have erupted with increasing frequency as the Bay Area hotel market is locked in a downturn.
—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Despite the downturn, the company’s shares are still up roughly 20 percent since trading began on Friday.
—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for downturn
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downturn
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Bregman has been a consistent presence at the plate for the Red Sox as well as the Houston Astros in his career, so the slump is fairly surprising.
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Drake Baldwin snapped an 0-for-36 slump with a single in the seventh.
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Greenspan held on to Volcker’s playbook and brought inflation so low that at one point there were fears of falling prices, or deflation.
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The resulting crash in prices would not be deflation.
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Despite the criticism Williams has received for her hiring practices, Beasley-Pittman noted a decrease in the city’s personnel budget growth.
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Yet, if investments in digital defense hit record highs every year, why doesn't corporate vulnerability decrease?
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Machine washable without color fading, shrinkage or pilling.
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Hot water can cause shrinkage or loss of shape.
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The decline started with the surge of charter schools more than 20 years ago, but officials now also attribute the falloff to dwindling birth rates, the growth of private school vouchers and immigration issues.
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Everything hinges on exactly how good Pettersson can still be after a tumultuous falloff over the past two seasons.
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Megacap tech stocks like Microsoft and Amazon, as well as cyclical names like Walmart, bucked the downtrend.
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Fundraising then may pick up for VC firms after being stuck in a downtrend since a peak of $413 billion in 2022, according to PitchBook data, though the benefits won’t be immediate and will be contingent on public market reception.
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In both films, the effect is of a diminution, a depersonalization—not to say, a desecration of the experience of horror that the documentary element embodies.
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Several reasons account for this diminution.
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That includes those already receiving coverage of a GLP-1 from their Part D plan for a use already covered by Medicare, such as Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease risk reduction or sleep apnea.
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Limit Constipating Foods Consuming a low-fiber diet can lead to chronic constipation, with a reduction in poop frequency and size.
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“Downturn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downturn. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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