'a downward cycle' is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It describes a repeated pattern of decline or decrease. Example: The company's stock prices have been in a downward cycle for the past three months, leading to a decrease in investor confidence.
"They closed knowing the market was in a downward cycle," Mr. Stacy said.
Rissel said the environment for cyclists in NSW was "in a downward cycle".
We haven't seen any sign that things are on a downward cycle".
The semiconductor industry is cyclical, and I started during a downward cycle.
Resistance to change, and tolerance of stagnation, have trapped many old suburbs in a downward cycle.
And then we say, oh no, it's simply materialist – and it's a self-perpetuating thing, a downward cycle.
The cost is obvious, while the main benefit avoiding a catastrophic downward cycle of contracting credit and recession is, mercifully, hypothetical, no matter how plausible.
The fear is that the eurozone could become trapped in deflation, a vicious downward cycle of falling prices that leads people to delay purchases in hopes of even lower prices.
But some scholars are asking whether the brain drain may also fuel a vicious downward cycle of underdevelopment -- and cost poor countries the feisty people with the spark and the ability to resist corruption and incompetent governance.
Italy, for example, risks being forced into a vicious downward cycle if it has to make deep cuts in public spending to meet its creditors' demands, and the austerity measures plunge the country into a recession that reduces tax revenue, Mr. Tilford said.
Yahoo's ad network will continue to erode further as they choose cash over competitiveness, creating a viscious downward cycle.
