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downside

[doun-sahyd] / ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd /


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The ministry warned that "downside risks to Singapore's economic outlook have risen significantly", saying it would monitor global developments and adjust forecasts if necessary.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

But research from the University of California, Davis suggests that this popular combination may have an unexpected downside.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

This toxic cocktail can, the researchers stress, “result in significant equity downside like we saw in 1973, 2000 and 2022.”

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

It wonders if there is some downside to reserves at the Hemi project as it is incorporated into Northern Star’s reserves and resources for the first time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

They often approached visitors as if they might be deities, possibly calculating, in the spirit of Pascal's wager, that the downside of an erroneous attribution of celestial power was minimal.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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