downward

Example Sentences

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This is a downward spiral - and every time you think it has ended, has kept going deeper.

From BBC

These figures generate a puzzle: As the number of college-educated women exceeds that of college-educated men by a widening margin, one would predict a downward trend in marriage for these women.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the same time, lower-income families occupy the downward stroke, squeezed by inflation and lackluster income gains.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, moving downward through Titan's icy shell would likely reveal additional layers of ice that gradually transition into slushy pathways and isolated pockets of liquid water closer to the moon's rocky interior.

From Science Daily

So many people are entering the gig economy that it is putting downward pressure on wages, as people laid off from other industries or unable to find full-time work compete for pay.

From The Wall Street Journal