Example Sentences

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Industrial production declined 1.9% on month in December, after a downwardly revised 0.2% rise in November, Germany’s statistics agency Destatis said Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

September nonfarm payrolls rose 119,000, more than expected, rebounding from a downwardly revised loss of 4,000 in August.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

So how would I spend a mammoth bankroll of donor cash to reconquer our unruly, downwardly mobile American males?

From Slate • May 21, 2025

That story in my opinion can be generalized more broadly to a national story about the large percentage of Americans who are white and lack college degrees, and who are now downwardly mobile.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

When the stroke of the wing is downwardly the rear margin is higher than the front edge, so that the downward beat not only raises the body upwardly, but also propels it forwardly.

From Aeroplanes by Zerbe, James Slough