decline
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The then-octogenarian US president's public decline during the 2024 election campaign clearly left an impression on the Brazilian leader.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
In a contracted media landscape with fewer places to pitch, its odds of landing in front of audiences on a major platform decline even further.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Once you know you can decline the appointment if the time comes, the impasse no longer has the same urgency or relevance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Genetic differences could help explain why brain decline progresses more quickly in some individuals than in others.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
He was brought up after the decline of the Roman Empire.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Huo said the "main factors" for the slump were "significant declines" in activity across wholesale trade and monetary financial services, while the real-estate sector was also "below the critical point".
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
It then gradually declines, reaching its lowest level at around age 4 years, before beginning to rise again.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Stock valuations are still high despite recent price declines, and a Bloomberg measure of high-risk, high-yield bond spreads is nearly a point below its 10-year average.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
The uptick follows six consecutive weeks of declines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
If we drop the uranium ore into a heavy lead canister, the count rate declines substantially; the lead has absorbed the uranium radiation.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
He declined to say how China or North Korea may perceive the mass exercise featuring more than 500 maritime events and 2,400 air missions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
He declined to reveal the sum received but described it as a "reasonable amount".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
She declined to identify herself as she was in an irregular situation, having swum to Ceuta by sea with her husband and daughter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Those who declined would get just a fraction of that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
“Oh yes,” said Silas, but he declined to elaborate.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
On the whole, however, California is making more clean electricity, and the amount made from natural gas, which generates air pollution and heats up the climate, has been declining over the last few years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Ankara recently complained about Athens shutting down Turkish-language schools, a move the Greeks blamed on declining pupil numbers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Seyhun has found from his research that insider selling is an especially bearish signal when it comes in a declining stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The midscale category was declining last year, but has flipped to growth of 4% to 6% this year, he tells analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
In addition, I think it is only a dangerous manifestation ol your declining mental health.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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