decrease
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Rams defensive standouts Kobie Turner and Braden Fiske could benefit from Aaron Donald’s return to the Rams, or see their playing time decrease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
"But in Leith we saw a huge decrease over the Fringe, the revenues were about 50% down."
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
"When we measure the gravitational acceleration over the rock glacier, we see a larger decrease in that gravitational acceleration as we make measurements over areas with thicker ice."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
The company’s website said rates are down 4.3% since December and are expected to decrease further this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
As they expanded, the energy of the field in them would slowly decrease until the inflationary expansion changed to an expansion like that in the hot big bang model.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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As progressively less material is stripped from the star, the peak fallback rate also decreases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
When we lose weight, our resting energy expenditure decreases by more than you would expect for the amount of weight lost.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Broadcom has disclosed that its maximum exposure under the backstop is $29 billion, an amount that decreases as lease payments come in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The city’s unsheltered homeless population increased this year after two straight years of decreases, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority reported last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The presence of earthworms increases the nitrifying powers of the soil bacteria and decreases putrifaction of the soil.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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However, it said, over 25 years, average earnings in real terms in the public sector decreased by 3% while they increased by 1.2% in the private sector.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
“Falls lead to injury. Which leads to decreased mobility, confidence and decreased activity,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 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
The villagers work longer hours with decreased food rations.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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State media later said the risk from that lake was "decreasing" and rescue operations were proceeding "in an orderly manner".
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
A World Liberty spokesman said that less than 65% of USD1 is currently in circulation on Binance and that the number is decreasing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the U.K., they explained, the government’s debt-management office has tried to lower long-term bond yields by decreasing the amount of supply in the market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The lake’s water level has been decreasing since 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 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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