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The phrase "a downward pressure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a force or influence that causes something to move or be pushed downwards, often in economic or physical contexts.
Example: "The recent economic downturn has created a downward pressure on wages across various industries."
Alternatives: "a downward force" or "a negative impact".
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This puts a downward pressure on inflation in crisis economies.
May says: "There is evidence, too, that immigration puts a downward pressure on wages.
But competition for those revenues is intense, putting a downward pressure on prices.
"Generally speaking, the ad-funded model puts a downward pressure on the quality of content.
"My great anxiety is that changes in higher education will generally speaking have the effect of a downward pressure.
That puts a downward pressure on prices that can be charged for access and so for fees.
Importing costs will increase, be passed to the consumer and will thus have a downward pressure on wages.
In the Challenger Deep, the waters overhead exert a downward pressure of more than eight tons per square inch.
The right shoulder was elevating against a downward pressure force of 110% maximal voluntary contraction force exerted by the dynamometer.
If an immigrant comes in, there are some cases where an American worker loses their job, or that puts a downward pressure on the wages of American workers.
The fact that elites advocated mass unemployment, as a downward pressure on wages, created the firewood; overtly militarised and genocidal fascist groups lit the spark.
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