decreasing

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Waist circumference also dropped more sharply with semaglutide, decreasing by an average of −14.3 cm versus −6.0 cm with placebo.

From Science Daily • May 11, 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

"So the birds were decreasing in numbers," Neave says.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Multiple studies have linked decreasing sperm quality to heat waves.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

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

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson