decline
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The shift to cheaper models appears to have played a role in a recent decline in a widely followed index that tracks AI spending, hedge fund Citadel Securities said in a report this week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
For bearish traders, the firm’s Leverage Shares 2X Short SpaceX Daily ETF will provide a way to potentially profit from their expectations for a daily decline in the company’s share price.
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
This is decidedly odd because the atoms that so liberally and congenially flock together to form living things on Earth are exactly the same atoms that decline to do it elsewhere.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing decline
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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