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lower

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verb (1)

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as in to throw
to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally workmen slowly lowered the heavy statue into place

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verb (2)

variants also lour
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as in to darken
to take on a gloomy or forbidding look the sky lowered overhead, threatening a fierce thunderstorm

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as in to glare
to look with anger or disapproval the motorist lowered at the jerk who had cut in front of her

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lower

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noun

variants also lour
as in frown
a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval he turned to see the scornful lower on her face

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Recent Examples of lower
Adjective
In Japan and the European Union, women are actually taxed at a lower rate. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 13 Feb. 2023 For instance, a married couple earning $200,000 in both 2022 and 2023 would save $900 in taxes this year because more of their income would be taxed at a lower rate, according to Tim Steffen, director of tax planning with Baird. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2023 The latter should also help address issues around inaccessible public transport and the lower rate of automobile ownership amongst people with disabilities. Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023 The trial did not observe a lower rate of maternal deaths among women who got the antibiotic versus those who got the placebo. Helen Branswell, STAT, 9 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for lower
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Adjective
  • The meeting came less than a week after investigators said 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford of Burton, a former Marine, crashed a pickup truck into the Grand Blanc ward of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before firing an assault-style rifle inside.
    Nour Rahal, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The reentry vehicle is designed to deliver up to 500 pounds of mission-critical cargo from orbit to almost any point on Earth in less than an hour.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2025
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  • Chris’s kids noticed how his smile melted into a frown.
    Juli Fraga, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The two facial expressions are literally inversions of each other — as the song says, a smile is just a frown turned upside down.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
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  • Even lesser-scale incidents like the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal and the Volkswagen emissions scandal erode trust in the institutions that help make our society possible and push it forward.
    Lindsey Witmer Collins, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Toronto’s Fred VanVleet appears to be the top target, but Miami’s Kyle Lowry, Utah’s Mike Conley and, perhaps to a lesser extent, Charlotte’s Terry Rozier have been linked to the team at various points.
    Staff Writer Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • Children can quickly detect their parent’s stress by the tone in their voice or the expression on their face, such as a furrowed brow or a scowl.
    Juli Fraga, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And then there’s the U.S. Army officer who succeeds in apprehending Perfidia: Col. Steven J. Lockjaw, played in a graying military fade, with some fur on top and a martinet scowl, by Sean Penn.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
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  • Thomas turned around and squeezed DeChambeau’s leg with anxiety, his face in a nervous grimace.
    Brody Miller, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Per the season's sneak peek, this year's voyage pairs steamy trysts among the crew with some grimace-worthy incidents, from jellyfish sightings and jet ski accidents (and what looks to be a lone charter guest floating out to sea on a raft).
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Lower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lower. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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