Thesaurus / decline
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You can also start at the top and lower your machine backwards over small cut-banks and other declines.
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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.
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After 2018, Delaware Republicans were locked out of power in the state, a punctuation mark on a long decline.
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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.
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The Phoenix-based company’s shares pared a decline of as much as 16% in pre-market trading.
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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.
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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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WORDS RELATED TO DECLINE
- abate
- abridge
- amputate
- attenuate
- become smaller
- clip
- close
- contract
- crop
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- de-escalate
- decline
- decrease
- degrade
- die down
- dilute
- diminish
- downsize
- drain
- dwindle
- ease
- erode
- grow less
- impair
- lighten
- minify
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- narrow
- roll back
- shrink
- slack up
- slacken
- slow down
- soft-pedal
- take the bite out
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- taper
- taper off
- thin
- truncate
- weaken
- wind down
- abate
- abridge
- amputate
- attenuate
- become smaller
- clip
- close
- contract
- crop
- curtail
- cut
- cut back
- de-escalate
- decline
- decrease
- degrade
- die down
- dilute
- diminish
- downsize
- drain
- dwindle
- ease
- erode
- grow less
- impair
- lighten
- minify
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- narrow
- roll back
- shrink
- slack up
- slacken
- slow down
- soft-pedal
- take the bite out
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- taper
- taper off
- thin
- truncate
- weaken
- wind down
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