decline
Example Sentences
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The consensus call is for a 1% month-over-month decline for new orders for durable manufactured goods to $318 billion.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
The announcement immediately triggered a global stock market panic, resulting in the largest decline since 2020, when the stock market crashed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Now businesses that once printed money are in decline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
With Wilder, he is someone who held his form well but the decline has been rapid.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Later, his colleagues would suggest that the telltale signs of decline had lurked just beneath the surface, quietly ravaging the scholar’s mind like moss on a rotting tree.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
