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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Rates have fluctuated since the first of the year, but a general downward trend has been noticed.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2025
Latin America runs from Mexico, southeast through Central America, and downward through South America.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Nonfarm payrolls increased 151,000 in February after a downward revision to the prior month, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report out Friday.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
Rates have fluctuated since the first of the year, but a general downward trend has been noticed.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
Adverb
In a democracy, money flows downward through, for example, scientific grants, infrastructure investments and medical research.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2025
Latin America runs from Mexico, southeast through Central America, and downward through South America.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Downward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downward. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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