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present participle of lower
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variants also louring
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noun

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Recent Examples of lowering
Adjective
Entertainers and other public figures have joined the calls for a collective lowering of the temperature in the wake of the shooting. Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025 Tebboune also shared a message to his Facebook page, as the country's leader announced a day-long national mourning beginning Friday evening, involving the lowering of the national flag. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025 The water authority spent roughly $200 million on a pump station to make those transfers, before the lowering of the water level prevented using it. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025 The die-off was attributed to both the voracious carp and the annual lowering of water levels by the lake’s owner, FirstLight Energy. John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
The city has a long history of financial distress linked to lowering the millage rate, which is fueling fears of another potential crisis. Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025 Purifying your indoor air, lowering blood pressure, and helping reduce stress and anxiety are a few benefits. Essence, 12 Sep. 2025 So, yes, lowering the temperature is definitely an improvement over turning up the heat. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025 The sell-off comes as the semiconductor design software vendor posted quarterly results that missed analysts’ expectations, while also lowering its full-year outlook as demand for its design intellectual property fell. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 In addition to lowering flags for the day, Evers has declared Thursday as a state Day of Service and Remembrance. Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025 There are pre-determined dates for lowering flags, and the governor’s office will announce any additional dates. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025 Health benefits of mushrooms include fighting inflammation, promoting gut health, reducing cholesterol levels, and lowering cancer risks. Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025 By lowering the flag, leaders send a visible signal that the nation is in mourning. Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025
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The city has a long history of financial distress linked to lowering the millage rate, which is fueling fears of another potential crisis. Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025 Purifying your indoor air, lowering blood pressure, and helping reduce stress and anxiety are a few benefits. Essence, 12 Sep. 2025 So, yes, lowering the temperature is definitely an improvement over turning up the heat. Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025 The sell-off comes as the semiconductor design software vendor posted quarterly results that missed analysts’ expectations, while also lowering its full-year outlook as demand for its design intellectual property fell. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 In addition to lowering flags for the day, Evers has declared Thursday as a state Day of Service and Remembrance. Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025 There are pre-determined dates for lowering flags, and the governor’s office will announce any additional dates. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025 Health benefits of mushrooms include fighting inflammation, promoting gut health, reducing cholesterol levels, and lowering cancer risks. Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025 By lowering the flag, leaders send a visible signal that the nation is in mourning. Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lowering
Adjective
  • Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In fact, Baltimore has received a stern warning on closing out big games from former All-Pro cornerback Patrick Peterson.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Shatter and Falconi had formed Flipper in the late 1970s Bay Area at the dawn of hardcore, the tougher and sterner punk variant that had a stronghold in California.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The first monthly jobs report released since McEntarfer’s ousting, the June jobs report, which initially reported a gain of 147,000 jobs, has now been revised downward to just 14,000 jobs in the July revision and now an absolute decrease of 13,000 jobs in the August revision.
    Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This results in a 67% optimization in rack space, a 66% reduction in power consumption, 58% annual OpEx savings, and a 69% decrease in initial investment costs.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Granted, people’s memories can get a little hazy at times, but here’s an unscientific sample of what some other metro music fans hold dearest about Memorial Hall.
    Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Keeping the tradition alive Every year on a hazy summer evening, Hoosiers gather at Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area in Linton to learn the ropes.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But in recent years, acts of brazen violence have been the grim drumbeat of a debased national politics.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Despite that progress, pancreatic cancer holds the grim record for having a survival rate of only 13% across five years – the lowest of all.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While sustainable aviation fuels and electric aircraft will play larger roles in long-term decarbonization, immediate weight reduction offers airlines tangible benefits today.
    Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The scale of the revision announced on Tuesday exceeds a downward reduction in hiring estimates last year that has drawn criticism from Trump in recent weeks.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Post-pandemic immigration surges, followed by stricter enforcement, distorted many traditional labor-market signals and clouded real-time interpretation of headline statistics.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • When the cornea is clouded or scarred, the pathway is blocked even if the retina itself is healthy.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite fierce opposition to certain kids books by conservative activists, Maricopa County, which serves 144,000 library cardholders, received only 12 formal letters asking for reevaluation of library books and DVDs since 2021.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In August, the discontent grew when a leak showed that the White House's forthcoming MAHA strategy report would sidestep tougher limits on pesticides and other agrochemicals, bowing to fierce industry pressure.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Lowering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lowering. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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