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 property investment in China from January to November, compared with same period in 2024.
From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025
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
He was so interested in the Decline of Western Civilization that he missed the version of it taking place under his nose.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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