declined
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Investors also weighed comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, who declined to endorse or push back on colleagues’ recent signals that officials are in no rush to raise interest rates this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Authorities declined to say how many offices had been targeted, but several secretaries of state and congressional offices reported receiving the letters.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Commerzbank declined to comment when contacted by AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
After accounting for differences in age, race, and sex, researchers found that the proportion of patients who died within 30 days of a stroke declined from 11.7% in 1993-1994 to 9.4% in 2020.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Finding my apprehensions unfounded, however, and calmed by the deep silence that reigned as evening declined at nightfall, I took confidence.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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