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downswing

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down·swing  (dounswng)
n.
1. A swing downward, as of a golf club.
2. A decline, as of a business.
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Noun1.downswing - a swing downward of a golf club
golf shot, golf stroke, swing - the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
2.downswing - a worsening of business or economic activity; "the market took a downturn"
worsening - changing something with the result that it becomes worse
downspin - a swift and dangerous downturn


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SANTA CLARITA -- In a declining real estate market, condo sales were on the downswing last month, with fewer units changing hands than in any September since 1998.
Post-Northridge and on the heels of the homeowners crisis and the new California auto law, we wrote a ton of premium and then suffered a downswing of about 30% premium for two to three years," he said.
Both were among the hundreds of thousands of workers displaced by our nation's economic downswing.
 
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