downslide

noun

Definition of downslidenext
as in downturn

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Recent Examples of downslide Calipari, meanwhile, was seen as being on the downslide of his career after how things ended in Lexington. — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026 Solar action should start to ease, however, with the 11-year solar cycle finally on the downslide. — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025 This downslide amplifies an economic correction in the live space, following a years-long explosion of business post-Covid. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025 Tim Lammers Snow White’s opening weekend projection has been on the downslide for about a month. — Tim Lammers, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for downslide
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downslide
  1. downturn
  2. slump
  3. decrease
  4. deterioration
  5. downtrend
  6. deflation
  7. shrinkage
  8. diminution
Noun
  • While Chick-fil-A is not immune to these headaches, Cathy told CNBC that the chain’s restaurants have not seen the same downturn.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Saint Laurent’s parent Kering has returned to growth after a bruising downturn, but Balenciaga remains under pressure and Gucci is still struggling to reverse years of falling sales behind the runway gloss.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of downturn
Noun
  • Exports have been a bright spot for China’s economy, which is otherwise struggling with slumping consumption and a years-long property market slump.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Hernández and Tucker both went through major slumps at the plate during the season.
    — Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of slump
Noun
  • The decreases come as the CTA boosted law enforcement on the system at the federal government’s behest, a move that threatened to withhold funding from the transit agency after last year’s Blue Line attack.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • If the amount of money provided by the state to school districts decreases because some children leave for private school, the legislature can adjust the Blueprint funding formula that ties funding to the number of students who attend a school.
    — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of decrease
Noun
  • But its deterioration is a profound a priori, one that can only be partially forestalled.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The moves come as economic indicators showed months of deterioration, following a disappointing second quarter.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of deterioration
Noun
  • That is one of the clearest characteristics of an asset transitioning from a downtrend into an uptrend.
    — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of downtrend
Noun
  • The Bank of Japan — or BOJ — started raising interest rates in 2024, a major change after decades of ultra-low rates aimed at combating deflation.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Higher energy and food prices pushed inflation up, adding to cost worries in a country that until recently was threatened with deflation.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of deflation
Noun
  • Some cracks might be harmless, normal shrinkage cracks, but others might indicate a serious structural issue.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
  • There is another extreme consequence of this rapid stellar core shrinkage.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of shrinkage
Noun
  • Goddard’s diminution is part of a broader pivot at NASA as the White House redirects the space agency to put American astronauts on the moon by 2028.
    — Eric Niiler, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Around the halfway point of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, Petya Trofimov — eternal grad student, moral purist, and former tutor to the once wealthy family whose diminution sits at the heart of the play — makes a speech.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of diminution

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“Downslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downslide. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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