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Decreases in new orders and order backlogs—two of the four demand indicators—more than offset gains posted by the indexes charting new export orders and customer inventories, Spence said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Decreases in the West Midlands and the North East were slight, at a few dozen homes.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

Decreases occurred across all age, ethnic, and racial groups, although the drop for Asian women was not statistically significant.

From Science Magazine • May 1, 2024

Decreases among kindergartners were particularly noticeable, Chow said — 87.6% this past school year, compared with 89% in 2021-22.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Decreases Organic Efficiency According to the investigators, the effect is to “decrease organic efficiency.”

From How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Fisher, Irving