How to Use downtick in a Sentence

downtick

noun
  • Still, there were promising signs below the surface and team-wide trends that explain that downtick.
    — The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The levels for the southern system saw a tiny downtick in the most recent day’s data.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Once again, new online members were the driver of the downtick in renewal rates.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
  • That downtick isn’t boosting anyone’s confidence.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 7 Dec. 2025
  • That scoring downtick has left the Blues without one of its most reliable offensive presences this season.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Perhaps July's downtick in inflation and the drop in gas prices will register before the midterm elections, or perhaps not.
    — Drew Westen, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The 2025 result was a slight downtick from peak support in 2023 of 70% support.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 9 May 2026
  • That’s a downtick — although within the poll’s margin of error — from a 43 percent to 51 percent split in May.
    — NBC News, 3 June 2020
  • In more of a plunge than a downtick, this season’s second-and-long results most often alternate between detrimental and disastrous.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Long-term upside momentum waned in March, as shown by a downtick in the monthly MACD histogram.
    — Katie Stockton, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
  • After a brief downtick at the beginning of shelter-in-place orders physical abuse and the severity of domestic abuse injuries have increased.
    — Lauren Krouse, SELF, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Another helpful element for Tech on Monday might have been a slight downtick in the 10-year Treasury yield (see chart below).
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 25 May 2021
  • Bird surveys have repeatedly shown a mysterious trend of a population downtick in areas of cicada emergence.
    — Madeline Bodin, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2013
  • Despite the overall downtick of homicides, Anchorage had the same number of fatal shootings by police in 2020 as the year before.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Jan. 2021
  • Given the 2025 offense’s overall regression, a downtick in second-and-long production would be expected.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
  • This is the first downtick since the April 2025 low and serves as an indication that the cyclical uptrend in SMH is losing steam.
    — Katie Stockton, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
  • While the mayor cites a downtick in the number of people living on the streets, many critics say that not nearly enough progress has been made on homelessness, given huge taxpayer investments in housing and services.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Millerchip said renewal rates are seeing some benefit from their retention programs, but acknowledged there will be a few more quarters of downticks before reaching a maturation point.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
  • With the downtick in new cases, the Gophers returned to light acclimatization workouts Wednesday and continued them Thursday.
    — Megan Ryan, Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Africa’s elephant population is in need of critical support now more than ever in the wake of the coronavirus, where a downtick in tourism and travel has left elephants and their natural habitats increasingly vulnerable to exploitation.
    — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2020
  • Even so, some analysts suggest that the war in the Gulf may not have a major impact on exports across the broader economy in the months to come, and instead cited seasonal distortions from the Chinese New Year holiday for the March downtick.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026

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