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trickle down
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trickle downverb
To pass from high-ranked people to lower-ranked people
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of trickle down in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of trickle down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of trickle down in a Sentence
Trickle-down economics has never worked and it's time to grow the economy from the bottom and the middle out.
Without question, when you have a pricey sale in the neighborhood, there is a halo effect, that does trickle down.
If you put toys down in front of kids and don't give them labels, they'll play with all of them and I think some companies are finally becoming aware of that, i think the way we market items has changed and will continue to change to be inclusive, but the trickle down from our media plays a big role. More women in lead roles mean more toys of women. And everyone is allowed to play with them.
Trickle-down economics has to be one of the worst ideas of the 1980s, it is right up there with New Coke, shoulder pads and big hair.
One thing that you have to watch for is people just tacking the words poverty and inequality onto a pre-existing agenda that has very little to do with addressing those problems, for the most part, I hear lots of the same trickle-down economics that helped to get us into this mess in the first place.
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