How to Use in decline in a Sentence
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But thanks to those same emissions, the health of the ocean is in decline, reducing its ability to absorb carbon dioxide.
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Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
2 July 2026
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For this to be the case, the AMOC must be bringing less warm water into this region — a sign that the current is in decline.
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Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
1 July 2026
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When Alice Sebold arrived as a college freshman in 1980, Syracuse was a city in decline.
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Joaquin Sapien,
ProPublica,
30 June 2026
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This country has long been in decline, under the repressive authoritarian rule of Nicolás Maduro, who took over after Hugo Chávez’s death in 2013.
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Joshua Partlow,
The Atlantic,
30 June 2026
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Some elements of 1978’s Proposition 8 oblige county assessors to shave the assessed values of a parcel during a time when residential or commercial property markets are in decline in an area.
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George Avalos,
Mercury News,
6 July 2026
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The entertainment industry has been in decline since the Covid pandemic, with film and television production employment 30 percent below 2022-level highs.
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Ike Brannon,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
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