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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
The trend line through those movements is likely a downward one, as second-quarter final purchases, which is a tighter measure of the GDP number, advanced by 1.2 percent.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 31 July 2025
Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 31 July 2025
Since then, rates have nudged downward and have been hovering around 20.1% for the first half of 2025.
—Jessica Dickler,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 29 July 2025
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Adjective
The July report reflected the biggest downward revision in years—totaling 258,000 fewer jobs for May and June.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
The trend line through those movements is likely a downward one, as second-quarter final purchases, which is a tighter measure of the GDP number, advanced by 1.2 percent.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 31 July 2025
Adverb
One interesting caveat in Fleck’s revised contract is a buyout structure revised downward.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 31 July 2025
Since then, rates have nudged downward and have been hovering around 20.1% for the first half of 2025.
—Jessica Dickler,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downward
Adjective
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No racist stereotypes, no demeaning facial expressions, no bowed heads, and no broken bodies from the old Hollywood.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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The composer also added synths to his orchestral score, as well as bowed metal, where a violin bow is rubbed against metal instruments like a cowbell or a Vibraphone, for when Roz has a particularly intense feeling.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Here, the odds of the postseason dropped a full three percentage points, to 95.9% (though that’s with a 92.5% chance of a division title and a 52.4% chance of a bye, down from 73.7% last week).—
Ryan Ford,
Freep.com,
29 July 2025
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That percentage is also very similar to 2023 and down slightly from the 100.1% of mid-2022, reflecting the red-hot market of 2020-mid-2022 in which buyers were fiercely competing for homes, often asking over asking price.—
Matthew Glowicki,
The Courier-Journal,
29 July 2025
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“Downward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downward. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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