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 The Mexicans had run a successful World Cup only 16 years prior, while the United States, desperate to give high-level soccer a boost with the North American Soccer League on the downslide. — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026 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
  • But Reddick shouldn’t yet be counted out because his recent downturn is more due to rotten luck than substandard performance.
    — Jess Bryant, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Europe often moves the other way, hoarding labor through downturns, and analysts count that instinct among the reasons its productivity has recently stalled.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of downturn
Noun
  • Bregman has been a consistent presence at the plate for the Red Sox as well as the Houston Astros in his career, so the slump is fairly surprising.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Drake Baldwin snapped an 0-for-36 slump with a single in the seventh.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of slump
Noun
  • Despite the criticism Williams has received for her hiring practices, Beasley-Pittman noted a decrease in the city’s personnel budget growth.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
  • Yet, if investments in digital defense hit record highs every year, why doesn't corporate vulnerability decrease?
    — Vicente Pava, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of decrease
Noun
  • But nothing competes with the painful deterioration of her sight after contracting scarlet fever.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026
  • In addition, city officials can now require owners to install security measures to help protect vacant buildings from further deterioration or trespassing.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Definition of deterioration
Noun
  • Megacap tech stocks like Microsoft and Amazon, as well as cyclical names like Walmart, bucked the downtrend.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • Fundraising then may pick up for VC firms after being stuck in a downtrend since a peak of $413 billion in 2022, according to PitchBook data, though the benefits won’t be immediate and will be contingent on public market reception.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Definition of downtrend
Noun
  • Greenspan held on to Volcker’s playbook and brought inflation so low that at one point there were fears of falling prices, or deflation.
    — Barbara Hagenbaugh, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • The resulting crash in prices would not be deflation.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of deflation
Noun
  • Machine washable without color fading, shrinkage or pilling.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 June 2026
  • Hot water can cause shrinkage or loss of shape.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
Definition of shrinkage
Noun
  • In both films, the effect is of a diminution, a depersonalization—not to say, a desecration of the experience of horror that the documentary element embodies.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Several reasons account for this diminution.
    — Jason Fogelson, AJC.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of diminution

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“Downslide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downslide. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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