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[trend] / trɛnd /




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But exports to China fell over five percent, extending a downward trend as the country's manufacturers increasingly compete with German companies in sectors ranging from automobiles to chemicals.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

More recently, however, there are signs that trend may be reversing.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

“The markets are pricing the rising risk of a ‘sudden stop’ in AI buildout and the economic and financial trend around it,” Mehmet Beceren, a senior market strategist at Rosenberg Research, said over email.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

Amy Bragagnini, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a professional association, has also embraced the trend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

Liszt’s symphonic poems, on the other hand, were a departure from this trend in that they intended to conjure up in music the pictures or the stories themselves.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

“Religious trends have changed so much. People aren’t as religious as they once were,” Olson said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

"We've been monitoring our dormouse population at Killerton since 2018, and during that time, we've noticed that they are fairly stable, which does buck national trends."

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

There's a distinction between those who chase trends and "real fans", she argues, so falling sales do not necessarily mean Labubus have lost their appeal.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Whatever happens next in Washington, many of the long-term trends that have combined to make corporations so profitable are likely to at least stop improving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

She is the one with all the information: the inventory of similar houses, the recent sales trends, the tremors of the mortgage market, perhaps even a lead on an interested buyer.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Tracking predictions for the film’s debut have steadily trended downward and settled between $15 million and $19 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Versions of it soon trended online, with users adding edits and jokes and mocking the lighting and camera angles in his video.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

While stocks have generally trended higher across all periods, Kaeppel explained that returns during the unfavorable stretches have been far more volatile and inconsistent than what has been seen during the favorable periods.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Among age groups, confidence ticked up for consumers aged 35-54, but trended downward for older and younger consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Still, Penelope convinced herself that the havoc trended in one direction slightly more so than in the other.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

“It’s below 50%, and it’s trending down. Both of those are ominous signs,” DiCamillo said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Shares of Alphabet had already been trending downwards for months as investors questioned the company’s artificial-intelligence strategy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

"In the last six to eight months we're certainly trending in the right direction as a squad," Brook said.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

"My intuition is that it probably is as bad. If you look at the sheer number of hotspots, it's still trending up and up," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

For every video that swiftly saturated the internet—I'd mom-danced with Jimmy Fallon, Nerf-dunked on LeBron James, and college-rapped with Jay Pharoah—we'd focused ourselves on doing more than trending for a few hours on Twitter.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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