downswing
Use Downswing in a sentence
noun
1.
a downward swing, as of a golf club in driving a ball.
2.
a downward trend or decrease, as of business or a nation's birth rate.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a statistical downward trend in business activity, the death rate, etc |
| 2. | golf the downward movement or line of a club when striking the ball |
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Downswing
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Example sentences
And, with the economic downswing we're facing, people are more and more concerned with the costs of environmental compliance.
The resulting economic downswing created significant hardships on the farming community.
The factors contributing to each upswing and subsequent downswing in the economy vary with each episode.
These programs take on a special urgency during this national economic downswing.
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