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Recent Examples of downdraft
The downdraft erases some of the recent gains that had helped lift Trump Media from a September 24 low.
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024
Today’s downdraft was mitigated by an advance in the Renminbi (CNY) versus the US dollar.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Perhaps those are the underlying reasons for the recent downdraft in equities.
—Robert Barone, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
The instability this imposes on investment markets was visible Tuesday, when Nvidia’s downdraft helped to bring the Nasdaq composite index down by more than 577 points, or 3.26%.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2024
Today’s downdraft was mitigated by an advance in the Renminbi (CNY) versus the US dollar.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Perhaps those are the underlying reasons for the recent downdraft in equities.
—Robert Barone, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
The instability this imposes on investment markets was visible Tuesday, when Nvidia’s downdraft helped to bring the Nasdaq composite index down by more than 577 points, or 3.26%.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downdraft
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What's New Joe Rogan's Texas home has dropped a whopping 20 percent in value as the Austin housing market experiences a rapid downturn.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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According to Karat and Harris Poll's latest Tech Hiring Trends report, the industry is emerging from a multi-year downturn characterized by a transition from high-volume hiring to a more focused approach on quality recruitment.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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What To Know According to The Weather Channel, while temperatures will be mild and warming for most of the country leading up to the holidays, much of the West Coast will see several days of rain or snow leading to a slowdown in travel.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Against this backdrop, Wall Street sees some retailers focused on discretionary purchases, including sellers of home goods, as especially vulnerable to higher cost Chinese imports and a slowdown in consumer spending.Pia Singh, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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This creates a self-perpetuating cycle where women either adapt to these masculine leadership norms or face career stagnation.Lindsey Darvin, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Waldinger points to psychoanalyst Erik Erikson’s concept of generativity versus stagnation in adult development.Renée Onque, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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Japanese markets have been on a downtrend recently, but the benchmark index Nikkei 225 — which includes the top 225 companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange — is up 14.6% since the start of the year, while the Topix index has advanced 12.2%.Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024
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The daily and weekly relative strength price has reversed downtrends to the upside.Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Even amid its meteoric rise this year, bitcoin experienced a temporary downswing that slashed one-third of its value, Kenwell noted.Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Just as the proliferation of blood relatives was a powerful stimulant for growth during the era of China’s economic upswing, the rapid evaporation of these same networks may serve as an economic depressant and help cause a downswing.Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 7 Apr. 2021
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“Downdraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downdraft. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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