decline
Example Sentences
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Corfield declined to comment about the latest allegations when contacted last week.
From BBC
Treasury yields declined following softer-than-expected U.S. consumer price index gains and ahead of a shortened week featuring the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge.
Equities slid last week, with all three major indexes declining at least 1.2%.
From Barron's
Equities slid last week, with all three major indexes declining at least 1.2%.
From Barron's
The result was a decline in moviegoing and an explosion of interest in an exciting new technology: television.
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