as in easy
involving minimal difficulty or effort
the project should be all downhill after this problem is fixed
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as in dip
a downward slope
most runners will have their best splits on the downhills
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Recent Examples of downhill
Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2026
Pirovano's 100 race points lifted her atop the downhill standings, 36 ahead of Vonn who was pursuing a remarkable ninth career season-long downhill title at age 41.
—ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Houston freshman Kingston Flemings is a downhill guard with great playmaking ability.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026
Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
Duren allows Orlando to clog the paint, which limits space for Cunningham to get downhill.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Halgren did not finish his first downhill race at the Paralympics Saturday.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2026
Pirovano's 100 race points lifted her atop the downhill standings, 36 ahead of Vonn who was pursuing a remarkable ninth career season-long downhill title at age 41.
—ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
Goggia's win marked the third Italian victory from three races at the finals this weekend, after Laura Pirovano won the downhill and secured that discipline title on Saturday and Dominik Paris won the men's downhill.
—ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Houston freshman Kingston Flemings is a downhill guard with great playmaking ability.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
If your yard has a slope, a heavy rain will push the seeds downhill.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
Duren allows Orlando to clog the paint, which limits space for Cunningham to get downhill.
—Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downhill
Adjective
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Then Ohtani chased a sinker off the plate and chopped a slow bouncer to Astros third baseman Isaac Paredes, giving him an easy play at second.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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Say what’s true, then follow through in a way that’s consistent and easy to maintain.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
5 May 2026
Noun
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My daily ritual was waking up early and walking less than three minutes down to the beach for a morning dip and to watch world-class surfers tackle the break.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
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Guests can also add chips to their orders with either salsa, guacamole, QDOBA’s signature three-cheese queso dip or its spicy version, the Queso Diablo.—
Katelyn Umholtz,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2026
Adverb
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Charlotte’s growing Catholic presence Nationally, religious service attendance is down.—
Desiree Mathurin
April 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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The loss equaled 5 cents per share, down from a profit of 13 cents per share a year ago.—
Dylan Sherman,
Arkansas Online,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The bark is smooth and slate-gray with distinctive white longitudinal stripes that become more fissured and rough as the tree matures.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
4 May 2026
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There was no one cooler, smoother and more casual on the field than Robinson Canó, who starred in nine seasons (2005-13) with the Yankees.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
Noun
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However, because the artists were not of Mexican descent, Chicano music histories often overlook or underplay this era.—
Oliver Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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There are aspects of the story that are wish-fulfillment followed by the extended descent into horror.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 May 2026
Adverb
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Higher yields also tend to push downward on prices for stocks and other kinds of investments.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Similarly, all objects on Earth accelerate downward, toward the center of our planet, and are only prevented from falling through it by the force of the Earth pushing back up on them.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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These are products have a short, simple ingredient lists that are easy to understand for regular consumers and are free from additives.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
7 May 2026
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Sometimes this involved simple in-person observations.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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An earlier study, published in the American Economic Journal, found that field-office closures led to a sixteen-per-cent decline in disability recipients in the surrounding areas.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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The clues are all in his writing, the structure of the sentence, the tracking of it, the fast decline into being inebriated.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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“Downhill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downhill. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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