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downswing

noun as in decline

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No matter where American society sits along the upswing and downswing of internationalism and isolationism, it is essential to keep our eyes open to the world.

From Time

Through high school, college, and young adulthood, seemingly minor missteps—a bad grade, a lost debate—toppled me into downswings.

From Time

They want the TV networks to acknowledge that linear viewership is on the downswing, and they acknowledge that advertisers need to become more comfortable buying networks’ streaming and digital video inventory.

From Digiday

Mallon said Woods was fortunate that the injured leg was his right because it is the left leg that absorbs most of the force in a golfer’s downswing during the transfer of weight.

Conquering agony, he swung up the pick before Ewyo could recover from the vicious downswing.

Just as he began the downswing of a mighty broadsword stroke, he stumbled on the helmet.

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On this page you'll find 32 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to downswing, such as: decrease, descent, deterioration, dip, dive, and downfall.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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