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Recent Examples of downdraft
Sparking the downdraft was Trump’s promise to slap high tariffs on top trading partners, including China, Mexico and Canada, along with mass firings of government workers.
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Key News Asian equities were mostly lower overnight following the downdraft on Wall Street yesterday as the Philippines and Thailand outperformed and Japan and Australia underperformed.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Currently, Sears is continuing to refine the downdraft table and is leaving the recipes up to the professionals.
—Sarah Miller, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
The stock plummeted 38% in August and the downdraft picked up steam from there.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Key News Asian equities were mostly lower overnight following the downdraft on Wall Street yesterday as the Philippines and Thailand outperformed and Japan and Australia underperformed.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Currently, Sears is continuing to refine the downdraft table and is leaving the recipes up to the professionals.
—Sarah Miller, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
The stock plummeted 38% in August and the downdraft picked up steam from there.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downdraft
Noun
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Before the downturn in U.S. shares, Asian and European markets rallied on Thursday.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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China’s theatrical box office has staged a strong recovery this year from a severe downturn in 2024, when total ticket revenue declined 23 percent.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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The March survey, forecasters say, will likely reveal a continuing slowdown in job growth that reflects the fading of a post-pandemic hiring burst as well as some growing business uncertainty about the import fees.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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The government's monthly jobs report, which will be released on April 4 at 8:30 a.m. EST, is expected to show a slowdown in hiring, with economists forecasting that employers added 130,000 new hires in March, according to financial data company FactSet.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2025
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For entrepreneurs, mastering these skills can be the difference between growth and stagnation.—
Shai Zamanian,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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For individuals with anxiety, depression, or PTSD, clutter can serve as a subtle but powerful emotional trigger, reinforcing feelings of chaos, overwhelm, or stagnation.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
2 Apr. 2025
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These come when there is a downtrend in the economic cycle, often caused by rising interest rates, a resulting recession, as well as a fall in corporate profits.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2025
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Just ten trading days later the longer-term downtrend, line a, was also overcome.—
Tom Aspray,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Console usage has largely been flat since then due to a post-pandemic downswing, among other factors, according to Piscatella and Anders Christofferson, global head of Bain & Company’s video gaming sector.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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The band was still on a commercial downswing though, and Presto suffers from slick, unflattering production and some uncharacteristically bland lyrics.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Downdraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downdraft. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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