downward trend
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdownwardandtrend
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downward
adjective
uk/ˈdaʊn.wəd/us/ˈdaʊn.wɚd/
moving towards a ...
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trend
noun[C]
uk/trend/us/trend/
a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people ...
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(Definition ofdownwardandtrendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdownward trend
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Thedownwardtrendis perplexing, as it lacks a theoretical basis.
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The parenthetical was not integrated in the overalldownwardtrend.
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Adownwardtrendin output from multiple infections was often seen, but it was not significant.
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Nonetheless, there is nodownwardtrendwithin each step level and, hence, no suggestion of convergence.
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The elite continue thedownwardtrendat 2.4 interactions.
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All of these attitudes and behaviours, it is argued, depict a significantdownwardtrend.
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At the same time the fallow area shows a less conspicuous but significantdownwardtrend.
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In all cases except 'provincentrism' adownwardtrendwould indicate increasing intolerance.
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Figure 2 shows thedownwardtrendin relative numbers of older workers at five-year intervals.
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Wars, famines, epidemics and so on could cause reversals in thedownwardtrendin mortality.
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In the case of maize, for which price data are only available from 1979, thedownwardtrendwas particularly marked from 1979 to 1986, when maize grain was massively imported.
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In particular, if s 1, then the time trend reflects not adownwardtrendin the ideas' production function but, instead, an upward tendency in patent quality.
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The slightlydownwardtrendin effective contrast reduction gives the impression that orthogonal adaptation may reduce as contrast increases, but this controversial observation has yet to be investigated.
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Thedownwardtrendcharacterized much of the first half of the 1930s, although there were some moments of optimism.
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This cross-sectional association does not, strictly speaking, explain thedownwardtrendfor the state as a whole.
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Subsequently, the birth rate rose for two years, only to return to itsdownwardtrendin 1975.
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These last two points can be seen more clearly if the time series are detrended in order to remove the overalldownwardtrendof all variables.
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The proportion of women employed in the cotton mills, which had been increasing in the 1870s, declined in the 1880s and maintained thisdownwardtrendover the following decades.
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This situation may explain two concomitant movements: the generaldownwardtrendof household production and the polarization of producers in two groups, the professional producers and the occasional ones.
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