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descent
noun as in moving down; lowering
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noun as in line of ancestry
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Weak match
noun as in deterioration
Example Sentences
In a cutting cycle, investors tend to price in a fast descent toward the estimated neutral rate.
Citigroup singled out credit-card applicants suspected of being of Armenian descent based on their surnames, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.
He’s a U.S. citizen of Mexican descent, who speaks little English and works in construction.
Stan’s swift rise in fortune and swifter descent into alcoholism and madness feels like a feverish parody of the get-rich-quick story.
This week, the Spanish capital has been hosting an African Union-backed "world conference on people of African descent".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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