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decrease

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




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It expects the cost of AI to decrease over time, although memory and open-weight model training aren’t a paired strategy to lower costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Research has shown that roughly half the decline in the river’s flow is because of higher temperatures, and for each 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit the region warms, the flow is likely to decrease about 9%.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme his organisation had seen a decrease in the number of wildfires emergency services have responded to in the last 72 hours.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Every factor of 10 decrease in loss produces a factor of 100 improvement in coherence.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

And I didn’t know that the enthalpy decrease in a converging passage could be transformed into jet kinetic energy if a divergent passage was added.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Nationwide there has been 36 consecutive months of annual rent decreases nationwide, even as mortgage rates and home prices have remained stubbornly high in many metropolitan areas.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Falling prices—when the price index decreases instead of increases—is called deflation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Its resistance to corrosion decreases when the electrical potential becomes sufficiently high.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Public health experts have long advised that the combined shot offers children more protection faster, and also decreases the logistical hurdles for parents who may struggle to make multiple appointments.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

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

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

The more you spend on buying the condo, the less growth you’ll get out of your portfolio because of your decreased principal.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

U.S. import prices decreased in July, driven by lower prices for fuel imports, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Violence has significantly decreased since the signing of a US-Iran memorandum of understanding in June on the broader Middle East war and a US-sponsored framework deal between Lebanon and Israel later that month.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

While the citywide number has increased, the number of homeless people living on the street in Raman’s district decreased by 49%, a fact she has touted as she challenges Bass.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Is it possible that violent crime has decreased because so many people are being locked up?

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

The lake’s water level has been decreasing since 2022.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The company also extended the useful life of its data centers to 25 years from 15, decreasing long-term AI costs.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Fossil-fuel power plants have deteriorated over the past few decades, decreasing output.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

This result suggests that the approach restores the way proteins function rather than simply increasing or decreasing how much of each protein is present.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

On one of the shelves, Mariam saw a collection of identical wooden dolls, arranged in a line in order of decreasing size.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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