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Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
Microsoft’s 200-day moving average is downward sloping, confirming an official death cross.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2025
Swan spirals rapidly downward, toward the deep, dark waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
—Howard Blum, airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
Much of the Floridan Aquifer is shielded significantly from downward migration of pollution by overlying layers of dense, impermeable clay.
—Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
Microsoft’s 200-day moving average is downward sloping, confirming an official death cross.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2025
Adverb
The Jayhawks may be entering Tuesday’s game trending downward, yet on Saturday prior to the Utah game were projected as a 4-seed and the 15th best team overall in the NCAA’s early bracketology.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2025
Swan spirals rapidly downward, toward the deep, dark waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
—Howard Blum, airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Downward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downward. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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