decline
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Record investment from 1994 to 1999 eventually gave way to a sharp decline in computer-related spending from 2001 to 2005.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The decline is especially pronounced in big cities, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Regular unsweetened sparkling water caused a temporary decline in salivary pH after 2 minutes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Yet a Gallup poll released last month finds support among U.S. adults for LGBTQ+ issues in decline.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
She extends one to me, shoving it into my hand before I can decline her offer.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
But the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite both fell last week for the second time in a row—their first consecutive weeks of declines since March, in the initial aftermath of the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
AI “refusals”—when a model declines a request it deems harmful—are safety theater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The company posted further broadband subscriber declines in the second quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
More than half of states saw declines in measles vaccinations compared with the year before, the CDC said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Both declines have been laid to drought, but this is contested.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
The two-year yield declined 3.7 basis points to 4.292%, the 10-year yield was down 4.9 basis points at 4.629% and the 30-year yield declined 4.4 basis points to 5.117%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Adongo was not at the residence at the time, and the woman declined medical assistance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Perhaps the question is no longer who is the better heavyweight but who has declined the least.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Last week, shares of Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase gained, while most of the KBW Nasdaq Bank Index’s large regional banks declined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Without the medicines available today to treat infection, her condition rapidly declined.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
The White House has been informed of the declining inventories of air defense interceptors by Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, officials added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Like other German carmakers, Volkswagen has suffered from years of declining sales in China, the world's largest market, weighed by fierce competition from local rivals as well as muted demand given China's slow domestic economy.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
A declining swap rate would be a sign of shifting liquidity flows and indicative of tightening conditions as hedging costs grow more expensive.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Math in particular has been a flash point at UC, where professors who have complained about declining student math skills say screening applicants with SAT scores could help bring in better-prepared first-year students.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The California sunlight had the pewter cast of a declining season.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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