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decrease

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




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Crime has continued to decrease since Mamdani took office, hitting record lows in shootings and murders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

There was a more than 60-percent decrease in the category that includes military vehicles, aircraft, ships and trains.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Enrollment declined from 440,365 to 369,830 students, a decrease of about16%.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

A “majority” of ticket prices for concerts decrease after you buy them, says Keith Pagello, founder of ticket-tracking platform TicketData.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

It was never established whether it had really caused the death of the birds, but the newly married women did not bear the predicted monsters, nor did the intensity of the heat decrease.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Yet there is growing evidence that skepticism actually decreases when people see a chain of thought.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The bill also gives some legal protection for school districts against financial penalties if their arts funding decreases as a result of factors beyond their control, such as the expiration of a grant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Even small decreases in cognitive functioning may be associated with a higher risk of death.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

The early data pointed to increases in real estate and professional, scientific and technical services, balanced by decreases in retail trade and manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

This prolongs the period the larvae must spend in the hazardous world of the plankton and so decreases the chance they will live to adulthood.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Median wealth for a family in the top 10% of earners increased 31%, while wealth decreased for the bottom 40% of earners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Their osteoporosis has worsened, and they’ve ended up suffering compression fractures in their back as a result of the decreased density of their bones.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Truck supply has decreased due to safety enforcement, said Shelley Simpson, CEO of J.B.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

However, market expectations for a rate increase next month decreased after New York Fed President John Williams suggested Tuesday that the central bank could wait until December before raising interest rates again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Compared to the normal brain, Algernons had decreased in weight and there was a general smoothing out of the cerebral convolutions as well as a deepening and broadening of brain fissures.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

“It just feels like here’s a few good uses, here are 100 other uses that are maybe unnecessary and are maybe decreasing quality of life.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Turkey and the European Union each accounted for 5% during the same time period, although Russian energy exports to the EU have been decreasing.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The dark chocolate aroma therefore appeared to reduce appetite mainly by decreasing hunger and increasing perceived fullness.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 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

This expansion is said to be “inflationary,” meaning that the universe at one time expanded at an increasing rate rather than the decreasing rate that it does today.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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