downturn
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Those who already owned a home and held on to it through the downturn benefited enormously from the rise in property values that followed.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
IMF chief economist Silvana Tenreyro said public debt levels must be put on a sustainable path to prevent a severe economic downturn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Jake Wolfinger, 45, has been weathering the downturn at his feedlot near Lexington, Nebraska.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Robinson has been one of the leading logistics firms to employ AI to manage cargo, using fewer workers during a prolonged freight sector downturn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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
Over 90% of Chinese steel mills are estimated to be unprofitable, with market conditions appearing worse than the steel-market downturns of 2008, 2015 and 2018, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Sharp downturns tend to stick when they’re related to disappointing earnings as opposed to something else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
To maintain an edge, the renter would have to invest consistently over the three-decade period and stay invested through downturns, which many people find difficult, Zandi noted.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
During economic downturns, when revenues decline, they cannot rely on deficit financing to maintain spending.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Although intermittent declines in economic activity persist as a problem in our enterprise system, recent downturns have been moderate and of short duration.
From State of the Union Address by Dwight D. (Dwight David) Eisenhower
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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