decline
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Only an estimated 10% of the festival’s participants are between the ages of 20 and 29, a demographic that has been on the decline at the festival since 2015.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
However, as these effects fade and aggregate demand grows moderately, underlying inflation will resume its decline, the bank added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
You’ll notice that many of the companies are from countries with a projected population decline.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Community activist Tommy Comerford was part of a local group that began pursuing the idea of building a golf resort in the 1990s, hoping to create jobs and stem economic decline.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
So catastrophic was the decline that the Siriono passed through a genetic bottleneck.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Earnings are likely to normalize for the new year starting in October, due to the lack of major new game launches, Sato says, forecasting declines in game-segment sales and operating profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Trusts with the sharpest declines in performance - including Buckinghamshire Healthcare, University Hospitals Dorset, Milton Keynes University Hospital, East Cheshire, and Torbay and South Devon - told the BBC they face pressures across the board.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
A treatment capable of improving both bone and muscle strength could be especially relevant for older adults, who often experience declines in both tissues at the same time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
SailPoint stock declines after the cybersecurity company’s earnings top expectations but revenue misses the mark.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The results of repeated spraying are clearly seen in other streams of the watershed, where alarming declines in the salmon populations are occurring.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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This was declined earlier this year by the UK Ministry of Justice, but Tynwald has since passed an updated bill which has been sent back to the UK government for a second time.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Gibney says Musk declined to be interviewed for the film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
In August alone, inventories declined by 3.1 million barrels a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Initially Céline Dion declined, but then couldn't resist joining in.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
And yet persons here and there declined to migrate; that, even to those involved, constituted a perplexing irrationality.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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While declining bond prices mean declining brokerage-account balances and threats to the stock market because bond yields are becoming more attractive, the other side of the trade is looking good for income-seeking investors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
As we go through a period of declining prices for bonds, yields are rising.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
One potential application would be osteoporosis associated with menopause, when declining hormone levels can accelerate bone loss in women.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
But with inventories now declining, Chief Economist Claudio Galimberti said that resilience is becoming a growing market risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The population of Fukushima had already been declining for years before the accident, as residents left the rural setting for opportunities in cities.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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