downturn
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Maintaining a cash reserve to avoid selling investments during a market downturn is a sensible approach.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Trucking executives report an end to a long freight downturn, with rates rising to sustainable levels after four years of slumping earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The governor has previously explained that difficult decisions must be made as the state could soon face an economic downturn.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The downturn is notable, but spirits are still high as the world awaits the largest IPO on record —so much so that some market watchers have warned it all feels a bit too euphoric.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Some teachers blamed the erosion on the effects of the economic downturn in the oil patch, which had dealt Odessa a crippling blow.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Vocabulary lists containing downturn
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 14
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Games of Deception
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"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 14
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