declining
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For the first time since the 1960s, the number of immigrants living in the U.S. is declining; because most farmworkers are foreign born, those losses are already beginning to strain American farms.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026
Demand wanes in the following decade, with new units needed declining to 802,000 a year or 8.02 million.
From Barron's • Jun. 28, 2026
Some prospective migrants complain about high immigration in their own countries or what they see as declining living standards, he says.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
Great white shark populations are believed to be declining, increasing the importance of understanding where they still occur and how they use their habitat.
From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026
She gazed in her mirror, lamenting her increasing age and her declining beauty.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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