downwards

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It follows growth of 0.2 percent -- revised downwards from an earlier reading of 0.3 percent -- in the last quarter of 2025.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Amaaz said: "I remember it pushing me downwards towards the floor. I think that's what woke me back up."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

"We have also reassessed the structural changes in the German economy and, in particular, revised our forecast for industrial growth downwards," Wollmershaeuser said.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

He said in-built satnavs tended to be lower down the dashboard in the centre of the car, so people "might take their eyes off the road and look downwards" which could be "highly distracting".

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Each time they clambered out, the trees seemed deeper and darker; and always to the left and upwards it was most difficult to find a way, and they were forced to the right and downwards.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien