on the decrease

phrase

: becoming less in size, amount, number, etc. : decreasing

The number of college applications is on the decrease.

Examples of on the decrease in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Vance’s pitch to his audience — meaning, pretty specifically, Midwestern voters — focused on the decrease in manufacturing that led to rampant unemployment in the region. — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 18 July 2024

The median home in Central Indiana cost $277,000, which is on the decrease. — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Feb. 2023

As the system moves northward, winds would be on the decrease Sunday. — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020

Some of those, as well as some other counties that had case counts on the decrease, had an early warning asterisk indicating a problem could be arising. — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2020

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