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Recent Examples of downtrend
Megacap tech stocks like Microsoft and Amazon, as well as cyclical names like Walmart, bucked the downtrend.
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Alex Harring,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
Fundraising then may pick up for VC firms after being stuck in a downtrend since a peak of $413 billion in 2022, according to PitchBook data, though the benefits won’t be immediate and will be contingent on public market reception.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Alex Harring,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
Fundraising then may pick up for VC firms after being stuck in a downtrend since a peak of $413 billion in 2022, according to PitchBook data, though the benefits won’t be immediate and will be contingent on public market reception.
—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downtrend
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But Reddick shouldn’t yet be counted out because his recent downturn is more due to rotten luck than substandard performance.
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Europe often moves the other way, hoarding labor through downturns, and analysts count that instinct among the reasons its productivity has recently stalled.
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Bregman has been a consistent presence at the plate for the Red Sox as well as the Houston Astros in his career, so the slump is fairly surprising.
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Drake Baldwin snapped an 0-for-36 slump with a single in the seventh.
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Greenspan held on to Volcker’s playbook and brought inflation so low that at one point there were fears of falling prices, or deflation.
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The resulting crash in prices would not be deflation.
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Despite the criticism Williams has received for her hiring practices, Beasley-Pittman noted a decrease in the city’s personnel budget growth.
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Yet, if investments in digital defense hit record highs every year, why doesn't corporate vulnerability decrease?
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Norman Powell has visibly slowed a step this season and has been turning the ball over at an alarming rate and will be on the downslide.
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Calipari, meanwhile, was seen as being on the downslide of his career after how things ended in Lexington.
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Machine washable without color fading, shrinkage or pilling.
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Hot water can cause shrinkage or loss of shape.
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Other research has shown the popular drugs might reduce heart disease and breast cancer that may be related to the weight loss, or a lowering of inflammation.
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That includes Germany’s temporary lowering of fuel taxes, which runs through June 30.
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In both films, the effect is of a diminution, a depersonalization—not to say, a desecration of the experience of horror that the documentary element embodies.
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Several reasons account for this diminution.
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“Downtrend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downtrend. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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