decline
Example Sentences
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One of the more troubling signals in Friday’s report came from a decline in the labor-force participation rate—the share of the working-age population that is either working or looking for work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Yet they have to correct for a yearslong decline in employer response rates to BLS surveys—which does not negate the data overall, but certainly makes preliminary calculations a bit more unsteady and speculative.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
That marks its largest decline since the first week of April last year, when it slumped 15%.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The overall decline in participation is less alarming when you focus on people ages 25 to 54, who are less likely to be in school or retired.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
In 2012, the United States saw the first decline in its prison population in decades.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
