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decline

[dih-klahyn] / dɪˈklaɪn /






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Milk parsley, which grows in marshy habitats, was once widespread around Hornsea Mere, but has declined sharply in recent decades.

From BBC

"The productivity of that -- in terms of how much you could extract from it -- peaked in the late 1990s and it's been in decline ever since," she added.

From Barron's

Russian women say the idea of "therapising" them into having children is coercive, cruel and unworkable, and will do little to reverse declining birth rates -- currently at their lowest in 200 years.

From Barron's

That wariness was also evident in the tankan, which showed that large manufacturers’ confidence in their business prospects for the three months ahead declined to +14.

From The Wall Street Journal

A Beijing court had ruled the documents were stolen and ordered their return, but the U.S. judge declined to enforce that judgment.

From The Wall Street Journal