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downward slope

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meanings of downwardand slope


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downward
adjective
uk /ˈdaʊn.wəd/ us /ˈdaʊn.wɚd/
moving towards a ...
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slope
noun[C]
uk /sləʊp/ us /sloʊp/
a surface that lies at an angle to the horizontal so that some points on it are higher ...
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Examples of downward slope


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Such a model would lead to a convex curve, with an increasing downwardslope on a log time-log titre scale.
At that point there is a dramatic drop in correct learning, with the percentage varying between about 20 % and 5 % but having a downwardslope.
Markheim is a hedonistic man-about-town, at 36 already on a downwardslope.
Is not this but another indication—typical of what is happening all over the country —of the slide on the downwardslope to totalitarianism?
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Interest rates have reached their peak and are now on a downwardslope.
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On a downwardslope when demand is decreasing, profit can still be made from providing a good service.
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We could have decided to salvage companies on the downwardslope.
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We draw the line on the downwardslope towards permanent compulsion.
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It was a downwardslope for the first two quarters of 1970 which led to the election.
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That is a downwardslope, and the recovery was made only in the fourth quarter of 1970.
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The path of concessions is too easy and smooth a path for it to be safe, and always ends in a downwardslope.
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The downwardslope of unrestrained competition and deregulation seems to have no end.
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Now that profits are on the downwardslope, the price control inevitably pushes them down faster.
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I do not agree, if by the peak he meant that we were on the downwardslope.
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Once a person gets on the downwardslope, it is all very well to have sufficient police to grab a man by the collar and stop his downward slide.
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We are on a downwardslope.
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From then on the downwardslope made travelling easier, although the terrain was difficult and the weather remained hostile.
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These are identifiable as the spoil heap is on the downwardslope.
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The downwardslope side of the hill section does not have roadside drains.
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Long extenders and top serifs have a downwardslope.
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