decrease
Example Sentences
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The researchers found that each additional decade of age was linked to a 4.3 point decrease in improvement on this scale.
From Science Daily
Interest rates have decreased a bit recently, but still pay far more than the 1.93% average 1-year CD rate in the U.S.
From MarketWatch
Dr. Melissa Doft, a plastic surgeon on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, reports the same shift: “There’s been an increase in patients and a decrease in age.”
By June, the nation’s immigrant population had decreased by more than a million, to 51.9 million — and that decline has probably continued.
From Los Angeles Times
The number of Americans who filed for new unemployment benefits decreased in the Christmas holiday week, but stayed near a monthslong range, as the U.S. employers hesitate to let go of their workforce.
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