- comparative of low.
lower
Example Sentences
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Those mortgages often come with lower interest rates and require smaller down payments for the borrower than second homes or investment properties would, and seeking the wrong type of loan can be considered fraud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The lower consumer inflation figure for June gave policymakers enough "room to breathe" for now, but with further price rises expected Swonk was pencilling in two rate hikes for later this year.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
On Tuesday, futures markets pointed to a roughly one-in-three chance of a rate hike, while probabilities in prediction markets were slightly lower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Men aged 25 are seeing a lower rate of employment than their age-equivalents in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, with employment rates dropping from 84% to 76%.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
His father’s left boot was dangling by its shoelace from a lower branch.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
