decline
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My best financial adviser cost me $100: the six Everyman’s Library volumes of Edward Gibbon’s “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.”
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Decline in home sales in January, the largest fall in four years, to a seasonally adjusted 3.9 million.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
Enrollment Decline: Freshman enrollment dropped more than 5% from last year at American colleges and universities, the largest decline since 2020 when Covid-19 and distance learning upended higher education.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2024
Decline of the rusty-patched bumblebee could be a harbinger of die-offs of other species that were once common.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024
“Mr. Gibbon,” he announced, and held up the first volume of Mr. Edward Gibbon’s masterpiece of historical narrative, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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