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Stephen Battaglio, Twin Cities, 18 May 2025
In March, his approval in the same age range stood at 43 percent, suggesting that May's gain represents a full reversal of the recent downward trend.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2025
Most of the active coronae were encircled by trenches, a hint that old crust dives into Venus’s mantle around these rocky rings, where it is driven downward as buoyant rock rises from below in the middle of each corona’s ring structure.
—Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
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Adjective
But broadcast networks are aware that the downward trend in appointment viewing on traditional TV is never going to reverse.
—Stephen Battaglio, Twin Cities, 18 May 2025
In March, his approval in the same age range stood at 43 percent, suggesting that May's gain represents a full reversal of the recent downward trend.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Adverb
The same could be said of most major rivers on the West Coast, nearly all of which have seen their native salmon and steelhead runs trend downward over the last 50 to 100 years.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2025
Most of the active coronae were encircled by trenches, a hint that old crust dives into Venus’s mantle around these rocky rings, where it is driven downward as buoyant rock rises from below in the middle of each corona’s ring structure.
—Elise Cutts, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downward
Adjective
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The composer also added synths to his orchestral score, as well as bowed metal, where a violin bow is rubbed against metal instruments like a cowbell or a Vibraphone, for when Roz has a particularly intense feeling.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
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Jeremy Strong forwent a classic suit and tie in favor of a bowed necktie, giving his tailored look the perfect dash of whimsy.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
17 June 2024
Adverb
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That City win — PSG’s first comeback from 2-0 down since May 2012, and their only ever in the Champions League — was a coming-of-age performance.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Chris sits back down in his chair, his arm now around a 1976 bicentennial Gibson Firebird that Tom Petty used to play a month of shows at The Fillmore in the ’90s.—
Josh Brolin,
Billboard,
29 May 2025
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“Downward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downward. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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