downshift


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a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one

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a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle

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We wanted an easy, quick, and consistent way to keep us engaged with history," explains Manuel Zamora, Founder, Downshift LLC, while explaining the foundation of the Today in History app.
I kept running into passages where the transmission would downshift mid-turn causing the weight to shift awkwardly.
The largest operations (2,000 or more acres) were significantly less likely to downshift to generic crop protection products, which may reflect their increased bargaining power.
Plus, an automatic transmission will downshift "automatically'' anyway as you're stopping.
The official said that lack of growth could point to a permanent downshift in economic potential.
And he used the occasion to demonstrate how to downshift - swapping premium brands for less pricey alternatives without anyone spotting a difference.
Signaling yet another downshift in trucking's inflation trajectory, all other segments of this market saw prices stall or fall in June 2013.
This means that the driver can simply hold the downshift paddle in while braking and allow the car to change to lower gears until the paddle is released.
If the driver requests a downshift when the vehicle is travelling too fast, the transmission will remember the request and make the shift when the speed drops to an appropriate level.
7, embraces a strong collective desire to downshift with its theme of Slow Design.
The only time you should downshift to slow down is when you're descending a long hill.