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Recent Examples of downer
Put simply, the Stargate model may be great for them, but a downer for everyday and corporate customers by doing what cartels always do—boost prices, quash choice, and hamper innovation.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
There’s no doubt very talented people work on Call of Duty and are often allowed to put out a banger amidst all the corporate chaos and unhealthy deadlines, yet 2025’s Black Ops 7 feels like a downer and a sign of the franchise crumbling under its own weight once again.
—Fran J. Ruiz, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
Uncertainty over an interest rate cut in December is also putting a downer on Wall Street.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025
Losing is a downer, of course, but this Chicago team tied for the second-best start to a season in franchise history.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downer
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In 1998, Bono died at the age of 62 in a skiing accident in Lake Tahoe, California.—
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Police arrived shortly after the accident to take reports and facilitate an exchange of insurance and contact information.—
Noun
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Court records viewed by NBC News revealed that the sequence of events that left Ross bloodied and bruised bore some similarities to the scenario that ended with Good’s death.—
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Games that are too easy bore older players, while overly complex games can frustrate younger ones.—
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The ardent fan can’t expect this running game to produce 164 yards in its current state; the reasonable fan of any NFL team can’t expect to go 10-for-18 on third- and fourth-downs, either.—
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But facing a clever Chargers defense on Sunday night, passing downs could become more complicated.—
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Maybe this all sounds like a bummer.—
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And so to not see that was a huge bummer.—
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“Downer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downer. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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