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down·grad·ing
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downgradingnoun
A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of downgrading in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of downgrading in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.
I do think it's a very positive announcement because it does show that there's been a mistake made in the initial sacking of all the CSIRO climate scientists and the downgrading of climate science, but I'm not clear whether the 15 new positions that Minister Hunt announced are in addition to reinstating all of the earlier ones, or whether they only partially reinstate what has already been damaged.
The crude market is now focusing on global growth concerns primarily ... It looks to be viewing inventory readings (as) secondary, the IMF downgrading 2019/20 and the continued rhetoric from Davos reiterating that they expect global growth to slow down over the next two years is providing selling pressure in oil.
The fact that the UAE was unwilling to cut off ties with Iran completely, despite the closeness of its relations with Saudi Arabia, shows the difficulty that the Saudis will have in trying to isolate Iran, the downgrading of ties is not fundamentally a question of responding to executions and the storming of an embassy... (but rather) a function of a much deeper conflict between the two states.
The UN is even downgrading expectations. They say they are not negotiations, more like consultations … so you really have to wonder, why are they doing this.
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