decline
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Regular unsweetened sparkling water caused a temporary decline in salivary pH after 2 minutes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Hoisington’s structural-inflation call landed the same week that June CPI came in at 3.5%, down from 4.2%, with the first monthly price decline in six years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The decline is especially pronounced in large cities, according to a Journal analysis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Yet a Gallup poll released last month finds support among U.S. adults for LGBTQ+ issues in decline.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
The purists who call out these errors see them as symptomatic of a decline in the quality of communication and reasoning in our culture today.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
The company reported a 15% increase in revenue from oncology products at constant currency, offsetting declines in its cardiovascular, renal and metabolism, and infectious diseases franchises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The study confirmed that overall spending generally declines throughout retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
More than half of states saw declines in measles vaccinations compared with the year before, the CDC said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Terekh declines to disclose the company's revenues but says production now runs into thousands of drones each month.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Seventy percent of all eastern bird species have seen population declines since the 1960s.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Adongo was not at the residence at the time, and the woman declined medical assistance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Perhaps the question is no longer who is the better heavyweight but who has declined the least.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Last week, shares of Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase gained, while most of the KBW Nasdaq Bank Index’s large regional banks declined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
A spokesman for Central Command declined to comment on Cooper’s planning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
At first Belknap declined this offer as well, but feeling perhaps that he had been overly rude in avoiding the roof, he relented.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
According to preliminary data, there were 1639 advancing issues and 1052 declining issues on the NYSE.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Like other German carmakers, Volkswagen has suffered from years of declining sales in China, the world's largest market, weighed by fierce competition from local rivals as well as muted demand given China's slow domestic economy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
A declining swap rate would be a sign of shifting liquidity flows and indicative of tightening conditions as hedging costs grow more expensive.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Math in particular has been a flash point at UC, where professors who have complained about declining student math skills say screening applicants with SAT scores could help bring in better-prepared first-year students.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The army of assembled reporters and photographers flocked around both players as they left the stage, but both hurried out of the theater, declining to give any statements.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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