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The higher prices have already helped boost second-quarter revenue in the Ford Blue segment to $26.1 billion from $25.8 billion a year earlier, despite the company reporting an overall decrease in revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

After an initial splurge on travel and entertainment, retirees are often lulled into a sense of complacency because their spending tends to decrease during the first decade after leaving the workforce.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

In October 2026, a new wave of cuts to CalFresh will decrease the federal government’s contribution to CalFresh from 50% to 25%, leaving a larger portion of costs to states, counties and regional organizations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

For all of the vicious debates over sex ed in the ’90 and 2000s, those pushing abstinence and those promoting comprehensive health education could largely agree on one thing: We wanted teen pregnancies to decrease.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

A further decrease of 8% in solar radiation, they calculate, would bring the walls creeping together; there would be no men, no land; only ice.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

"Our findings show that, across different organism groups, extinctions happened at much higher rates for those more vulnerable to increases in water temperature and decreases in oxygen availability."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

As prices fall and volatility increases, debt coverage decreases, prompting margin calls as a high proportion of debt is secured over financial assets — forcing deleveraging.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

She told “Good Morning America” that Johnson has taken part in a clinical trial for a therapy “that decreases inflammation, and I think that helped him a lot.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Doctors prescribing GLP-1s to young children cite the severity of childhood obesity and its complications, seeing significant BMI decreases in some patients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

The entropy of a closed system never decreases.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Net pay-TV subscribers decreased by about 241,000, ending the latest period with 6.39 million total subscribers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The animals' muscles initially looked normal, but their supply of muscle stem cells gradually decreased.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026

Carlson’s Geological Survey team found fires are burning more intensely as a result of dry conditions and are getting carried by stronger winds — both of which decreased the odds of homes surviving.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

In June, the number of active listings decreased 16% in Manhattan and 0.4% in Brooklyn from the previous year, according to real-estate company the Corcoran Group.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Once in front, we actually decreased the pace, walking slowly and deliberately.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

There have been concerns that while decreasing temperatures indoors, air conditioning units can increase outdoor temperatures.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Another aim is to increase self-sufficiency in sourcing and processing while decreasing dependence on foreign suppliers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

So they spent the next five years steadily decreasing their asking price in hopes of landing a buyer.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Despite a significant proportion of American births to single mothers, the number of unmarried women giving birth has actually been decreasing for the past decade, with the decline largely driven by teenagers and working-class women.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

During most of the movie Mrs. Reilly thought about Ignatius’ rapidly decreasing salary, the payment on the trumpet, the payment on the wrecked building, the earring, and the sign.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole