in decline
idiom
: to become less powerful, wealthy, etc.
There was a general feeling that the country was in decline.
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Despite being one of the most numerous penguin species globally, their population is in decline due to climate change and fluctuations in food availability.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
As 2024 began, demand for electricity on the national grid started falling—not because the economy was in decline but because (as careful scrutiny of images on Google Earth revealed) so many Pakistanis were putting up solar panels.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 9 July 2025
Our education system has been in decline for a decade.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
The trees that are uprooted are ones that have been growing in decline for years under different types of environmental stress.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
As 2024 began, demand for electricity on the national grid started falling—not because the economy was in decline but because (as careful scrutiny of images on Google Earth revealed) so many Pakistanis were putting up solar panels.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 9 July 2025
Our education system has been in decline for a decade.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
The trees that are uprooted are ones that have been growing in decline for years under different types of environmental stress.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for in decline
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“In decline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20decline. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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