in terminal decline
idiom
British
: getting worse without any chance to improve
The business is in terminal decline.
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The arrests of Mohammadi and Panahi, the mass executions, the checkpoints and blackouts—these are spasms of a system in terminal decline.
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Bobby Ghosh, Time, 17 Dec. 2025
This is where the broadcaster, faced with a TV ad market in terminal decline, leverages the reach of streaming rivals.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
This 97% decline might suggest the NFT market is in terminal decline, but Finzer sees a more nuanced reality.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
This will suggest to some that Russian oil production has peaked and is in terminal decline, or at least a plateau, but the evidence is somewhat mixed.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Annual ticket revenue in the country plummeted 25 percent to $5.8 billion in 2024, prompting many in the local industry to publicly worry that the theatrical model could be in terminal decline.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
Taking on the challenge of a business in terminal decline—his job was to reboot Brooks Brothers for a fast-changing consumer.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune Europe, 18 Sep. 2024
By time the infection is obvious, the palm is in terminal decline.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
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Bobby Ghosh, Time, 17 Dec. 2025
This is where the broadcaster, faced with a TV ad market in terminal decline, leverages the reach of streaming rivals.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
This 97% decline might suggest the NFT market is in terminal decline, but Finzer sees a more nuanced reality.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
This will suggest to some that Russian oil production has peaked and is in terminal decline, or at least a plateau, but the evidence is somewhat mixed.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Annual ticket revenue in the country plummeted 25 percent to $5.8 billion in 2024, prompting many in the local industry to publicly worry that the theatrical model could be in terminal decline.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
Taking on the challenge of a business in terminal decline—his job was to reboot Brooks Brothers for a fast-changing consumer.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune Europe, 18 Sep. 2024
By time the infection is obvious, the palm is in terminal decline.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
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“In terminal decline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20terminal%20decline. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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