The phrase "as a downshift" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a change to a lower intensity or speed, often in the context of a transition or adjustment in pace or focus.
Example: "After a hectic week, I decided to take the weekend as a downshift to recharge and relax."
Alternatives: "as a slowdown" or "as a shift down".
Southern, however, did absorb an even bigger hit from cancelling the Kemper coal gasification plant, and without so much as a downshift in guidance.
Although, this is the case, it is still observed that there is a slight shift of these fractions where the average of the transit ties' fraction (0.209) is slightly higher than the driving ego-subjects' transit ties' (0.145), as well as a downshift in the driving ties' fractions for transit ego-subjects.
The Ni electrode with induced compressive stress exhibited a higher exchange current density and lower Tafel slopes than those with induced tensile stress, which can be attributed to modification of the hydrogen adsorption energy, as evidenced by a downshift in the d-band center.
On the 2‐week cutoff (Fig. 2C), the HDM/MSC animals showed attenuated airway responsiveness as reflected by a downshift of the RL curve, which overlaid the PBS/MSC group, and a significantly decreased RL at 5 mg/ml MCh in comparison with the HDM/Veh group.
The world champion failed to get into the top 10 shoot-out as he struggled with a downshift problem and lack of track time following a spin into the gravel in final practice that meant he did not do a qualifying simulation run.
The peak position of the etched sample (944 cm-1) shows a downshift with respect to that of the as-prepared sample (923 cm-1).
Not that it much mattered, as the island presented no slopes to necessitate a downshift.
One senior administration official described the view that Mr. Daley's departure signaled a downshift on the China bill as "totally false".
Moreover there's increasingly a market for single-voice commentators (as seen on YouTube) over more organized media sites, which represents a downshift in the overall opportunity.
They move with each other, of course, but it also looks as though the steady downshift in NGDP growth from the 1990s to the 2000s to the 2010s is matched by a downshift in employment growth.
That's about $76bn monthly, a downshift from the current $85bn.
