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decline

[dih-klahyn] / dɪˈklaɪn /






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Excluding the Covid-19 pandemic contraction and a similar decline in output during the 2008-09 financial crisis, that would mark the weakest year since 1991.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The firm also acknowledged how a wrong-way bet on an expected decline or climb in SpaceX shares risks being painful for traders.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Morgan chalked up that steep decline to triple-digit percentage gains to start 2026 and worries about delays to the adoption of co-packaged optics —a technology that would replace copper wiring in data centers.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Over time, the adsorption capacity would eventually decline.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

The rate of decline is known precisely; every 5,730 years, half of the C14 atoms in nonliving substances become regular carbon atoms.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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