- present participle of decline.
declining
Example Sentences
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Jules Rimmer explained why investors might be in for a surprise with interest rates declining in 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Plants facing both a warming climate and rapidly declining pollinator populations may be pulled in competing evolutionary directions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Employment in leisure and hospitality increased 6.8% in Loudoun while declining in other D.C. suburbs since early 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
And those “prestige” titles are declining in quality, too, leaving one to wonder what a quantity-over-quality business like Netflix stands to gain from putting out stinker after stinker.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
But to the extent that education serves as a proxy for class, they seem to be declining.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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