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lowdown

[loh-doun, loh-doun] / ˈloʊˌdaʊn, ˈloʊˈdaʊn /
















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Here’s the lowdown on adviser fees, fund returns and what is driving client redemptions on Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

I don't care what some chef in a toque says about caramelizing onions; I want to hear the telephone cord cooking lowdown you'd warn your cousin about when she was making dinner.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

Unlike in the moments after Reagan and his predecessor, Gerald Ford, were shot, you probably didn’t turn on the nearest TV or flee to the closest newsstand to get the lowdown.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2024

But we have the lowdown on how to score a seat to the hottest new restaurant in Seattle.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2022

They can’t wait to give Marisol and Charlise the lowdown on how Darius apologized to them, but I head straight into my bedroom.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi




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