Related Words for declining

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down
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Verb, Verb
falling
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Verb, Verb, Verb
regressive
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Verb, Adjective
deteriorating
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Adjective, Adjective, Verb
retrograde
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Verb, Verb
dying
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
regressing
x/x
Verb, Adjective, Verb
failing
/x
Verb, Noun, Verb
decreasing
x/x
Verb, Noun, Verb
raise
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Noun, Verb, Noun
upgrade
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Noun, Verb, Noun, Adverb
ascent
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Adverb, Noun
climb
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
take
/
Noun, Verb, Noun
ameliorate
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Noun, Verb
improvement
x/x
Verb, Noun
accept
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
consent
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
better
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
have
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Verb, Verb, Noun
dwindling
/xx
Noun, Verb
diminishing
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Verb
increasing
x/x
Verb
plummeting
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Verb
shrinking
/x
Noun
rising
/x
Verb
stagnating
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Verb
faltering
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Adjective
skyrocketing
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Noun
waning
/x
Noun
eroding
x/x
Verb
weakening
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Noun
worsening
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Verb
losing
/x
Verb
dropping
/x
Verb
reducing
x/x
Verb
upswing
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Noun
improving
x/x
Verb
precipitously
x/xxx
Adverb
growing
/x
Verb
slumping
/x
Verb
fluctuating
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Adjective
boosting
/x
Verb
ebbing
/x
Noun
depleting
x/x
Adjective
accelerating
x/xxx
Verb
deterioration
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Noun
lagging
/x
Noun
escalating
/xxx
Noun
changing
/x
Verb
collapsing
x/x
Verb
vanishing
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Noun
growth
/
Noun
disintegrating
x/xxx
Noun
disappearing
xx/x
Verb
ignoring
x/x
Verb
undermining
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Noun
reversing
x/x
Verb
threatening
/xx
Adjective
bolstering
/xx
Verb
resurgence
x/x
Noun
downgrading
//x
Noun
encroaching
x/x
Noun
decelerating
x/xxx
Verb
struggling
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Verb
devaluing
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Noun
fading
/x
Noun
hurting
/x
Verb
affecting
x/x
Verb
rejecting
x/x
Verb
expanding
x/x
Verb
decrying
x/x
Verb
plunging
/x
Verb
surging
/x
Adjective
sustaining
x/x
Adjective
spiking
/x
Noun
jeopardizing
/xxx
Verb
discounting
/xx
Noun
shifting
/x
Verb
rebounding
x/x
Noun
diversifying
x/xxx
Verb
reflecting
x/x
Verb
lowering
/xx
Verb
degenerating
x/xxx
Verb
abandoning
x/xx
Verb
underperforming
/xxxx
Adjective
regaining
x/x
Verb
recovering
x/xx
Verb
impacting
x/x
Verb
declension
x/x
Noun
dive
/
Noun
downturn
/x
Noun
eclipse
x/
Noun
descent
x/
Noun
contraction
x/x
Noun
dimming
/x
Noun
death
/
Noun
passing
/x
Noun
raining
/x
Verb
demise
x/
Noun
drooping
/x
Verb
cooling
/x
Noun
slowdown
/x
Noun
decease
x/
Noun
snowing
/x
Verb
afternoon
xx/
Noun
drawdown
/x
Noun
delaying
x/x
Verb
depression
x/x
Noun
depth
/
Noun
cliff
/
Noun
autumn
/x
Noun
recession
x/x
Noun
trough
/
Noun
dawning
/x
Noun
ageing
/x
Verb
enrollments
x/x
Noun
peaking
/x
Verb
hegemon
x/x
Noun
enrolments
x/x
Noun
stagnant
/x
Adjective
worldwide
//
Adjective
decadent
/xx
Adjective
leveling
/xx
Verb
relative
/xx
Adjective
fertility
x/xx
Noun
depressed
x/
Adjective
steadily
/xx
Adverb
competitiveness
x/xxx
Noun
fortunes
/x
Noun
catches
/x
Noun
geometrically
xx/xx
Adverb
decaying
x/x
Verb
turnout
/x
Noun
profitability
xxx/xx
Noun
abating
x/x
Noun
acceptable
x/xx
Adjective
aggregate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
average
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
capita
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Noun
comparable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
cutting
/x
Noun, Adjective
degraded
x/x
Adjective
denying
x/x
Noun
departing
x/x
Adjective, Noun
descending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dip
/
Noun, Verb
disproportionate
xx/xx
Adjective, Verb
downside
/x
Noun
downsizing
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Noun
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
easing
/x
Noun
higher
/x
Noun, Verb
landing
/x
Noun
lessening
/xx
Noun
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
minimizing
/xxx
Verb
narrowing
/xx
Noun
negligible
/xxx
Adjective
receding
x/x
Adjective, Noun
reduction
x/x
Noun
refusing
x/x
Verb
retreating
x/x
Noun
sag
/
Noun, Verb
sinking
/x
Verb
sliding
/x
Noun, Adjective
slipping
/x
Noun
slowing
/x
Noun
subsiding
x/x
Noun
total
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
tumble
/x
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
gloss
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Noun, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun