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It also deployed 39% fewer energy-storage products than expected, showing an unexpected downturn after two quarters of growth.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

According to NHS England, fewer than one in 10 people who have a cardiac arrest outside hospital survive.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The authors found that more families now fall into the two highest-earning groups—upper middle class and rich—and fewer fall into the three lower-earning categories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

At the same time, they had fewer connections between neurons in the hippocampus and performed worse on cognitive tests.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

A child at school was one fewer child to work.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola