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[dih-krees, dee-krees, dih-krees] / dɪˈkris, ˈdi kris, dɪˈkris /




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Human muscle samples were used only to establish that cardiolipin levels also decrease with age in people.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

AFP was not able to immediately verify whether there had been a decrease in fighting.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Using this type of flat rate structure would significantly decrease the amount that beneficiaries receive over their lifetimes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

The owner of Gucci, Bottega Veneta and other high-end labels booked a 1% decrease in revenue as the luxury market continues to see a sharp drop in demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

They laughed then, uproariously, about the speed with which they had run, the pose they had assumed, the ruse they had invented to escape or decrease some threat to their manliness, their humanness.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Central bank officials are penciling in one more rate increase this year and no increases for 2027 — but no decreases, either.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Among the world's top-six emitters, preliminary data for 2025 showed emissions increases in the US, Indonesia and China and decreases in India, Russia and the European Union.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

El Niño in the Pacific Basin decreases wind shear, so it removes the inhibitive storm-decapitating effect of wind shear at the same time that it amplifies water temperature,” Swain said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

If the laser begins to drift away from that frequency, the amount of light absorbed by the nuclei decreases.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Within days, the mortality rate from bacterial infections decreases to levels never before achieved.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

White victims, who were far fewer in number, also decreased slightly from 28 to 22, while victims whose race was listed as Asian, Middle Eastern or “other” have decreased marginally, from 7 to 6.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Revenue from Boeing’s core commercial segment decreased in the third quarter while its operating margin remained negative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The company has steadily decreased its full-year guidance since January, when it forecast adjusted earnings of $7 per share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

With the significantly decreased profits, she added, "there certainly are people who are asking themselves, is this worth it?"

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Experiments show that the motility of bull sperm is decreased by dinitrophenol, which interferes with the energy- coupling mechanism with inevitable loss of energy.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

"If we can show that we're really decreasing brain cell death, it's certainly worth trying to pursue that pathway to prevent the most devastating consequences of these diseases."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

The state ballot measures aim to fix the housing crisis in various ways, from amending regulations so home-building is easier, to decreasing the ongoing cost of homeownership by cutting taxes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Keynes believed that during high unemployment, the government should increase aggregate demand for goods and services by temporarily increasing government spending or temporarily decreasing taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

But recent, more precise measurements of dark energy’s strength hint that it might actually be decreasing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

During most of the movie Mrs. Reilly thought about Ignatius’ rapidly decreasing salary, the payment on the trumpet, the payment on the wrecked building, the earring, and the sign.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole


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