decline
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That means it’s already in a correction, or at least a 10% decline from its peak.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
Major Jaguar Land Rover suppliers have urged the government to help automotive manufacturers move into aerospace and defence, warning that large-scale car production in the UK faces long-term decline.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
A similarly large decline occurred in pellets from termites fed Douglas fir, a wood commonly used for house framing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
The decline of McClatchy, with its roots in California’s Gold Rush era, speaks to the larger challenges facing the news industry — and the reason AB 2222 was written.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Commentators always have a familiar cast of characters to which they can point to explain any rally or any decline.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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Now they have worsened to the state that they are in deeply oversold territory, which might suggest a bounce may be needed before declines can resume.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The novelist declines to honor the man by mentioning his name, instead referring to him merely as “the A.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Vermont declines, though, to say how much market share his company has in aircraft windows – or transparencies, as they are known in the trade.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Broadcasters tend to blame Nielsen when there are significant ratings declines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Seventy percent of all eastern bird species have seen population declines since the 1960s.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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Philipson declined to speculate over whether there would be tax rises in the Budget on 28 October, and said the government remained committed to being disciplined about its spending rules.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Both Clifford and Polymarket declined to comment about his departure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
They found that bacterial DNA declined dramatically as the pellets aged.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
For most of the last 15 years, goods prices usually declined each year, helping maintain low inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
It was a large commitment and Fuller told her he’d understand if she declined.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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What I’m referring to is simple breadth — the number of advancing issues minus the number of declining issues.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Memory problems, thinning skin, and declining bone mass may seem like separate consequences of growing older.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Historians have found texts bemoaning declining standards dating back 4,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The push against private equity is also being led by doctors, many of whom are frustrated by their declining professional autonomy as financial investors acquire more practices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
That much he had learned by telephoning the Reverend Mr. Post, who further discouraged him by declining to reveal his former clerk’s exact destination.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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