decline
verb (used with object)
to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse.
are declining
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present progressiveof decline.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Despite growing evidence that insect populations are declining, much of the scientific knowledge used for conservation comes from temperate regions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
And those “prestige” titles are declining in quality, too, leaving one to wonder what a quantity-over-quality business like Netflix stands to gain from putting out stinker after stinker.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
At the same time, pet populations are declining and the space is seeing more competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
It’s safe to eat lettuce and bagged salad greens again now that cyclospora cases are declining — at least in Michigan.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Wal-Mart is booming; unions are declining: judge for yourself.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
