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Recent Examples of downdraft
Target, one of the nation's largest retailers, on Wednesday reported weaker sales for the first quarter and warned of a potential downdraft over the rest of the year as Americans react to U.S. tariffs by pulling back on consumption.
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Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 21 May 2025
The latest downdraft has brought AMGN back to a long-term support area near $260 defining the stock’s trading range.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 19 May 2025
Internet stocks rebounded after yesterday’s downdraft.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Preceding the upturn, the ratio saw a significant downdraft in Q1 that resulted in a breakdown, indicating a bearish shift in XLK’s relative strength trend.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 12 May 2025
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Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 21 May 2025
The latest downdraft has brought AMGN back to a long-term support area near $260 defining the stock’s trading range.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 19 May 2025
Internet stocks rebounded after yesterday’s downdraft.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
Preceding the upturn, the ratio saw a significant downdraft in Q1 that resulted in a breakdown, indicating a bearish shift in XLK’s relative strength trend.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downdraft
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Valuation risks: The company encounters significant valuation risks because of its potentially high current valuation, which may afford little protection against downturns.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Key measures of the economy have proven resilient in recent months, however, defying fears of sky-high inflation and a possible economic downturn.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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Meanwhile, the Energy Institute’s recent Statistical Review of World Energy 2025, a global report that was once compiled by BP until very recently, did not directly predict a peak, but noted that some regions and nations - especially China - are seeing a slowdown or plateau in oil demand.—
Gaurav Sharma,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in June, the Commerce Department said Thursday, after two consecutive months of spending declines, a 0.1% pullback in April and a 0.9% slowdown in May.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
17 July 2025
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One of the recurring challenges Ullrich has witnessed is the premature stagnation of growth due to a founder’s inability (or unwillingness) to evolve.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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When one of these elements is missing, the outcome can be confusion, resistance, frustration, anxiety or stagnation.—
Saby Waraich,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Price was making lower lows and lower highs, the moving averages were all sloping downwards, the RSI was consistently below 50, and the relative strength was in a confirmed downtrend.—
David Keller,
CNBC,
10 July 2025
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The median and average unemployment duration climbed back to near pandemic-era highs, with the share of those out of work for 15 weeks or more jumping to 38.3%, from 34.9%, reversing a downtrend over the last six months.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
3 July 2025
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Even at 37 years old, on the downswing of his career — and even coming back from chronic inflammatory response syndrome and symptoms of long COVID — this is a job Toews might succeed in.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Everyone knows the main culprit for this downswing: an offensive line that sprung holes, especially on the edge.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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“Downdraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downdraft. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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