declining
- present participle of decline.
Example Sentences
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Discovery ended 2025 with $29 billion in net debt and declining revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Heavy spending and declining free cash flow create an unintended consequence, meaning that these companies must either find additional ways to finance their investments or eventually begin cutting back.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
At the Los Angeles Unified School District high school where I teach, this exact type of “adjustment” is happening for the 2026-2027 school year because of declining enrollment.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Polls show declining support among young evangelical Christians, a group that Netanyahu has heavily courted over the years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The California sunlight had the pewter cast of a declining season.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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