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nounlessening

noundownward change in value, position
verbsay no
verblessen, become less
verbdescend

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You can also start at the top and lower your machine backwards over small cut-banks and other declines.

SIX WAYS TO MAKE YOUR ATV EVEN MORE RUGGEDBY TYLER FREEL/OUTDOOR LIFESEPTEMBER 17, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE

Pitching speed — which directly correlates to opposing batters’ offensive performance — typically begins to slow in a pitcher’s late 20s, and the decline accelerates in his 30s.

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Bulatao also said Linick’s office had experienced a “double-digit decline since 2016” in employee satisfaction metrics.

STATE DEPARTMENT OFFERS MURKY ANALYSIS OF JOB PERFORMANCE SURVEY TO JUSTIFY INSPECTOR GENERAL’S FIRINGKAROUN DEMIRJIAN, CAROL MORELLOSEPTEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POST

After 2018, Delaware Republicans were locked out of power in the state, a punctuation mark on a long decline.

THE TRAILER: THE FIRST STATE GOES LASTDAVID WEIGELSEPTEMBER 15, 2020WASHINGTON POST

Across the United States, some 162 million people — nearly 1 in 2 — will most likely experience a decline in the quality of their environment, namely more heat and less water.

CLIMATE CHANGE WILL FORCE A NEW AMERICAN MIGRATIONBY ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MERIDITH KOHUTSEPTEMBER 15, 2020PROPUBLICA

The Phoenix-based company’s shares pared a decline of as much as 16% in pre-market trading.

NIKOLA RELEASES FULLER DENIAL OF SHORT SELLER HINDENBURG’S ALLEGATIONSRADMARYASEPTEMBER 14, 2020FORTUNE

It was, however, in a drawdown for nearly 15 years following the bursting of the dot-com bubble, which saw a price decline of 75% from peak-to-trough.

WHY EVEN THE BEST STOCKS HAVE TO CRASHBEN CARLSONSEPTEMBER 13, 2020FORTUNE

States such as Florida and California have seen big declines, though they’re still reporting thousands of new cases daily.

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The Atlantic laid off 68 people, about 20% of staff, in May, including most of its video team and its events staff, citing a “bracing decline” in advertising.

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“The only way we can notify people of something changing that late in the process is via Facebook and Instagram,” he said, citing the decline of local print news and the power outage making TV out of the question.

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