decline
Example Sentences
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Price surges in fuel could also linger, as companies are often slow to lower prices after their costs decline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Even when events did precede a market decline, stocks often recovered within weeks or months.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Even counting Tuesday’s rise, the metal is on track for its largest single-month percentage decline since June 2013.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Businesses and governments are expected to have generated 59,000 new jobs in March, partly reversing a 92,000 decline in February, according to economists polled by the Wall Street Journal.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
As early as 2004, if you looked at the numbers, you could clearly see the decline in lending standards.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
