declination
Example Sentences
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Rep. Kevin Kiley, California Republican, asked Heritage Foundation legal fellow Charles Stimson how the District’s prosecutors’ 66% declination rate in the past year compares with other jurisdictions around the country.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
When the division does not provide the green light, they issue what is known as a declination memo.
From Slate ● Jul. 26, 2023
Before taking a bearing, a compass needs to be adjusted for declination.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
Luca Marinelli: The most important quality of a very close friendship, and I consider it a declination of love — it's called friendship, but in a way it's a form of love.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2023
The various declination of the needle under different meridians was first discovered by Sebastian Cabbott, and its inclination to the nearer pole by our countryman Robert Norman.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
