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push down

[poosh-daun] / ˈpʊʃˌdaʊn /


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In these areas, a glut of apartment construction leftover from the pandemic has helped push down market rents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The European Central Bank is widely expected to raise its key interest rate after a two-day meeting starting Wednesday, trying to push down inflation without denting economic growth.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

His goal was to push down yields that had hit 19-year highs, Nick reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

"It's not what you want to think about and it's always the thing you push down the list of priorities. You forget about it because life's busy."

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

For Jim Kim, this marked a victory in the long campaign to push down the price of second-line TB treatment and make it available to poor countries everywhere.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French


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