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Recent Examples of gone down
That’s why the album has gone down in history, the ultimate case of a superstar ripping it up to start again, in the mode of Kid A or Achtung Baby, Bowie in Berlin or Neil Young heading for the ditch.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
Our crime situation has gone down.
—ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
So far this year, the number of people shot in Roselawn has gone down from the previous year.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2025
In fact, productivity in the essential economy has gone down over the past 20 years, while white-collar productivity has gone up, according to Farley.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
This year, as more and more positions were left unfilled, that number has gone down to 288.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 12 Aug. 2025
Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
Our crime situation has gone down.
—ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
So far this year, the number of people shot in Roselawn has gone down from the previous year.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2025
In fact, productivity in the essential economy has gone down over the past 20 years, while white-collar productivity has gone up, according to Farley.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
This year, as more and more positions were left unfilled, that number has gone down to 288.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone down
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And they’re not allowed to do that because of what happened (on Olivier’s hit).—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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This happened when Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina last year.—
Chris Dolce,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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However, carbon substrate structure optimization and catalyst coordination environment modulation must be done simultaneously to maximize the potential of these catalysts, according to study published in Advanced Fiber Materials.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Answering multiple crisis calls at a time, stabilizing someone in emotional distress, talking people out of ending their lives — these are just a few of the things that Milwaukee County's mobile crisis team has done daily for the past 30 years.—
Eva Wen,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Chelsea shared on Instagram that Maximus spent eight days in the hospital before being able to come home.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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With that immense wealth comes a responsibility to give back to Louisville and the world, several members of the family told the Courier Journal.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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The food truck’s hot holding unit clearly wasn’t so hot, either, as a summer afternoon rainstorm of Stop Sales came down on oxtails, pork chop, salmon, macaroni and cheese, grits, raw chicken, raw pork, liquid eggs, raw tilapia, salmon salad, sausage and hot dogs.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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So, survival might come down to her making and selling more star quilts.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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