decline
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Data from the International Energy Agency underscored this U.S outlier status, with a 2.6% decline in domestic sales of plug-in vehicles bucking the global trend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
These individuals consistently perform on memory tests at levels similar to people at least 30 years younger, challenging the long-standing belief that cognitive decline is unavoidable with age.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
The stock dropped 6.4% in premarket trading, putting it on track to suffer the biggest one-day postearnings decline since it fell 7.6% on Feb. 3, 2022.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
The decline in output was driven by the service sector, which recorded the steepest pace of decline in more than five years.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Again, to these 8,000 people only, letters are sent concerning the index’s performance the following week: 4,000 predicting a rise; 4,000, a decline.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing decline
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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