decreasing

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According to Airas, this may indicate that inflammation is more noticeable during the earlier stages of the disease before gradually decreasing over time.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

The results showed that physical capacity starts decreasing as early as age 35, even among people with different training backgrounds.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

There is certainly a spectrum of opinion on increasing or decreasing taxation and welfare spending.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Pfeifer considers the flip side, too: “It’s possible our attention span is decreasing because we’re having fewer conversations.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

But then a few years later, rates of execution and death sentencing were once again decreasing.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson