as in easy
involving minimal difficulty or effort
the project should be all downhill after this problem is fixed
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as in dip
a downward slope
most runners will have their best splits on the downhills
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Recent Examples of downhill
Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
This can lead to situations – such as Dominique Gisin and Tina Maze’s gold medal tie in the women’s downhill ski race at the 2014 Sochi Olympics – in which the timing officials admitted that their equipment could have revealed the actual winner.
—Arthur Daemmrich, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025
Alabama hung around the entire second half, largely thanks to timely shot-making and Sears’ downhill lefty drives.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Will McGough, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
The rest of the inning went downhill from there, with Kershaw giving up three runs on three hits and two walks in the first inning.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
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Adjective
On Monday, for example, Vancouver’s first power-play unit ran two defenders, with Hughes regularly playing on his downhill side at the right flank while Hronek manned the point atop the Canucks’ five-on-four umbrella.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
This can lead to situations – such as Dominique Gisin and Tina Maze’s gold medal tie in the women’s downhill ski race at the 2014 Sochi Olympics – in which the timing officials admitted that their equipment could have revealed the actual winner.
—Arthur Daemmrich, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
Some of them are physical, downhill runners, and some of them are guys who can take a misdirection, scissors-type run and go the other direction with it.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025
Alabama hung around the entire second half, largely thanks to timely shot-making and Sears’ downhill lefty drives.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
In America—at least around my neck of the woods in the American West—skiing is less about being technical and more about charging downhill in creative ways.
—Will McGough, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
The rest of the inning went downhill from there, with Kershaw giving up three runs on three hits and two walks in the first inning.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
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How to Get There The easiest way to reach Extremadura from the U.S. is by flying into Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, then taking a connecting domestic flight or train.—
Carlsen Jes,
Travel + Leisure,
1 June 2025
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The legislation also includes Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposal to offer towns easier pathways to moratoriums under 8-30g.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
1 June 2025
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Mainland investors bought today’s dip with a healthy $1.2 billion worth of net buying via Southbound Stock Connect.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Arévalo also recommends blending chilled or canned beans with herbs or spices to make a dip.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
29 May 2025
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That City win — PSG’s first comeback from 2-0 down since May 2012, and their only ever in the Champions League — was a coming-of-age performance.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Chris sits back down in his chair, his arm now around a 1976 bicentennial Gibson Firebird that Tom Petty used to play a month of shows at The Fillmore in the ’90s.—
Josh Brolin,
Billboard,
29 May 2025
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Stock up on comfortable sneakers marked down to as little as $21 and a smooth, stretchy bra slashed by 60 percent.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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The technology was working, so everything moved a lot smoother.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
21 May 2025
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Sam Morelos On Their Filipino Heritage And All The Philippine Elements In Summer Of 69 Like Morelos, Abby Flores is of Filipino descent, but the character wasn’t originally written that way in the script.—
Regina Kim,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Afrikaners are White South Africans of Dutch descent who have lived in South Africa for four centuries.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
21 May 2025
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This time around in the United Kingdom, however, her discography is uniformly trending downward.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Any brush made from plastic is dishwasher-safe and can be placed on the top rack with the bristles facing downward for a normal cycle.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 May 2025
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Trevon Williams, who did not escape from the New Orleans jail, was charged with 10 counts of being a principal to simple escape, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced on May 23.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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As artificial intelligence models grow increasingly sophisticated, their capabilities extend far beyond simple task execution.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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But there are also other factors contributing to the job decline, such as price compression caused by oversupply, which has forced many operators to cut costs, including labor expenses.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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That's when crossings at the border first began their sharp decline, a trend that accelerated after Trump took office.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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“Downhill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downhill. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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