Example Sentences

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Wambach noted that is likely why there was declining sentiment, too, in the construction sector, which is strongly impacted by higher borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Netflix said it was "declining to match" Paramount's latest offer after the Warner Bros. board declared it a "Superior Proposal" under the terms of its existing merger agreement with Netflix.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Circana identified pockets of high adoption across the country, but also found that the percentage of households purchasing plant-based meats was declining.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025

She said the university introduced the new braided careers programme after noticing that it was struggling to recruit to the course, and that the access to the subject in schools was declining.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

In the 1890s, the price of cane sugar was declining, and the planters who owned sugar fields in British Guiana were on the edge of bankruptcy.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson