lowdown
Example Sentences
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Here’s the lowdown on adviser fees, fund returns and what is driving client redemptions on Wall Street.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
Unlike in the moments after Reagan and his predecessor, Gerald Ford, were shot, you probably didn’t turn on the nearest TV or flee to the closest newsstand to get the lowdown.
From Slate • Jul. 16, 2024
Watch above to get the lowdown in less than 120 seconds.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2023
The Conversation asked five experts to provide the lowdown on what is at stake in key national votes in 2023.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2023
I tried to get the lowdown on some of my new teachers, the inside stuff, but Theresa wasn’t cooperating.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.