declining
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The market’s breadth—the number of advancing stocks versus declining ones—has still been positive, even on days when tech is a mess.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
Some prospective migrants complain about high immigration in their own countries or what they see as declining living standards, he says.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
Great white shark populations are believed to be declining, increasing the importance of understanding where they still occur and how they use their habitat.
From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite retreated 0.4% after declining 3.5% over the past two days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
That much he had learned by telephoning the Reverend Mr. Post, who further discouraged him by declining to reveal his former clerk’s exact destination.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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