decline

If dwindling supplies of cold gas were primarily responsible, however, astronomers would expect the dramatic fall in star formation to be accompanied by a similarly large decline in the available gas.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

She also thinks that reversing the decline in school nurses could help spot vulnerable children sooner.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Commercial crude oil stocks excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell 4.5 million barrels in week ended Aug. 28, compared with expectations for decline of 300,000 barrels in WSJ survey of analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

With the decline of logging and cannabis as livelihoods, they see income from tourists attracted by ultramarathons, mushroom foraging and other outdoor activities as a financial savior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Although elected President of the College of Physicians in 1654, he had to decline the honour on the grounds of age and ill health.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

She said both species had seen declines in their numbers over the last 150 years, mostly because of the loss of their heathland homes.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Key indicators of demand — new orders, order backlogs and imports — saw large declines in the month, she noted.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

In mid-August, a U.S. bond-market selloff — especially in longer-dated Treasurys — led to price declines and yield rises.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

JGBs edged lower in the early Tokyo session, tracking Friday’s price declines in U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 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

One of Matson’s neighbors declined to comment when reached by phone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The findings indicate that rapidly exhausting neutral hydrogen cannot by itself explain why star formation has declined so strongly.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

Tina says the Met still declined to reopen her case.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Pending home sales declined year-over-year in August for the first time since November, according to Realtor.com.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Mr. Rochester, I have just discovered the sun is far declined from its meridian, and Pilot is actually gone home to his dinner. Let me look at your watch.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

And those “prestige” titles are declining in quality, too, leaving one to wonder what a quantity-over-quality business like Netflix stands to gain from putting out stinker after stinker.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

I originally named an 84-year-old friend as trustee on my trust, but he can no longer travel, and his physical and mental health are declining.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

LONGi Green Energy Technology and JA Solar Technology posted 2Q losses amid declining revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Anthropic will have to get to its own market projection without owning a declining microblogging platform, and until its documents are public, we won’t know how the company justifies it.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

And from what my new friends were telling me, their numbers were declining.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo