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[doun-turn] / ˈdaʊnˌtɜrn /


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Appeared in the October 3, 2025, print edition as 'Use of AI Helped a Logistics Giant Thrive in a Downturn'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

Downturn, start up THE list of famous companies founded during economic downturns is long and varied.

From Economist • Jan. 5, 2012

On Wednesday night the finished film, Downturn, was screened at the London Short Film Festival as part of the London Lives night at the Docklands Museum on West India Quay.

From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2011

An Untypical Downturn While a stimulus package of that magnitude would have spurred economic growth in any previous post–World War II downturn, we were not in a typical recession by any measure.

From BusinessWeek • Sep. 2, 2010




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