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Recent Examples of downswing
The New York Jets enter the 2025-26 NFL season on the downswing and in need of more help, especially on the offensive end.
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Seth Quinn, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Other sectors on the downswing: Professional and business services, down 3,900; retail, down 2,000; financial activities, down 1,300; information, down 1,100, and construction, down 600.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
His career from there went on the downswing, eventually leading to him retiring in 2024 despite being just 28 years old.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Whisky always overshoots on the upswing and undershoots on the downswing.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Seth Quinn, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Other sectors on the downswing: Professional and business services, down 3,900; retail, down 2,000; financial activities, down 1,300; information, down 1,100, and construction, down 600.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
His career from there went on the downswing, eventually leading to him retiring in 2024 despite being just 28 years old.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Whisky always overshoots on the upswing and undershoots on the downswing.
—Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downswing
Noun
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Car buyers are benefiting from a slight downturn in interest rates, too.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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Proving the resilience of the eyewear sector against a dampened macroeconomic landscape and downturn in luxury spending, revenues and profitability at Italian eyewear player Marcolin in the first half of 2025 were mostly flat.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
30 July 2025
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Despite the slowdown in hiring, wages continue to climb.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
1 Aug. 2025
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To be sure, with the Club having a position in both companies, Azure’s recent acceleration is encouraging — and at the same time, concerns about the slowdown in AWS’s growth rate are overblown.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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This indicator has been in a downtrend since late 2023, indicating that WTI was going to be weaker than the S&P 500.—
Tom Aspray,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Finally, the 200-day moving average, which is downward sloping, is essentially hugging that same downtrend line.—
Frank Cappelleri,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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“Downswing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downswing. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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