decline
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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.
Despite the “Wicked” partnership sales that defied expectations, P&G said last month that the number of overall products it sold declined in the most recent quarter.
It might be a company, say Microsoft, announcing it won’t be spending the full amount on AI, or lowering—or declining to raise—next year’s number.
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