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[doun-turn] / ˈdaʊnˌtɜrn /


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SK Hynix will trade under the ticker symbol “SKHY,” and had been looking to raise $29 billion before a downturn in the Korean market.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026

It has halted the downturn that San Francisco saw during the Covid pandemic, when the population fell and house prices softened.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026

A slight downturn on Thursday is also sending the stock to a new 52-week closing low.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026

Greater concentration of market risks in two stocks could also prompt institutional investors to pull back, amplifying a share-price downturn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

In 2004 he began to buy insurance on companies he thought might suffer in a real estate downturn: mortgage lenders, mortgage insurers, and so on.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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