ratcheted (down)

variants also racheted (down)
past tense of ratchet (down)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratcheted (down)
Verb
  • Production at the company’s mill grew 124 percent, but carbon emissions and electricity consumption decreased 18 percent, respectively.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
  • These numbers have since decreased—only 16% live in poverty and 35% of Gen Z are considered low-income as of 2023—but these numbers are still notably higher than those of millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • According to Infanti, some typical impacts of a La Niña winter can include cooler temperatures over the northern United States, and diminished storm track activity over the southern tier of the United States leading to milder-than-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Though the region’s trade reliance on Washington has rapidly diminished as China has become its biggest market, several nations still rely on the US for a large share of their exports, the loss of which would put millions of livelihoods at risk.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then as floodwaters slowly ebbed away, seeds for the harvest could be sown.
    Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • With an unclear business model, then, any remaining enthusiasm in Washington for the Olkaria project — and, in all likelihood, the prospect of others like it in Africa — has ebbed.
    Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That lead has now shrunk to just over 2 percentage points on a year-to-date basis.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The West Bank’s economy has shrunk to less than a sixth of its 2022 size, and unemployment stands at over 30 percent.
    SHIRA EFRON, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Factory at Franklin's parking has significantly shrunk, with a section being reserved for employees.
    Gabrielle Chenault, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Business inventories also shrank, subtracting over three percentage points from GDP.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Now imagine he was felled by an assassin’s bullet.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The rebuilding took 1,200 oak trees felled from forests across France to replace the framework of the roof and 1,000 construction workers.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Then the hurricane continued on a more northward path around the islands and finally began weakening after powerful 145 mph winds tapered off.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • His production tapered off a bit thereafter, but this season, general manager Brett Veach thinks Hunt’s full campaign could look a lot more like that initial stretch.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office also declined to answer whether deputies assisted in the operation.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Mortgage rates have been coming down, but there has yet to be a spike in homebuying activity—and one leading indicator has even declined.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Ratcheted (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratcheted%20%28down%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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