Related Words for in terminal decline

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abate
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Verb, Noun
abatement
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Noun
absorption
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Noun
abundance
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Noun
accept
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Verb, Adjective
adapter
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Noun
aggravation
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Noun
air
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Noun, Verb
airplane
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Noun, Verb
airport
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Noun
alleviate
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Verb
ameliorate
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Verb
apical
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Adjective, Noun
appliance
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Noun
approximated
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Adjective
arrhenius
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Adjective
ascent
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Noun
asymptotic
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Adjective
attrition
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Noun, Verb
back
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Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backsliding
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Noun, Adjective
backtrack
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Verb, Noun
bankruptcy
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Noun
benchmark
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Noun, Verb
bend
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Noun, Verb
berthing
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Noun
better
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
blink
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Noun, Verb
branch
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Noun, Verb
breakdown
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Noun
browser
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Noun
building
/x
Noun
bus
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Noun, Verb
bust
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
cable
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Noun, Verb
calculated
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Adjective
cancer
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Noun, Adjective
channel
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Noun, Verb
chute
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Noun, Verb
climb
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Verb, Noun
closing
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Noun, Adjective
collapse
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Noun, Verb
come down
//
Phrase, Verb
comparable
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Adjective, Noun
compound
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
computed
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Adjective
computer
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Noun, Verb
concluding
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Adjective, Noun
concourse
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Noun
consent
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Noun, Verb
console
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Noun, Verb
contraction
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Noun
contracture
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Noun
correspondence
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Noun
corresponding
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Adjective, Noun
crack
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
crash
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
crossing
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Noun, Adjective
curtailment
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Noun
cut
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
cutback
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Noun
damage
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Noun, Verb
dead
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
decadence
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Noun
decay
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Noun, Verb
deceleration
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Noun
declination
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Noun
decrease
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Noun, Verb
decrement
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Noun, Verb
definitive
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Adjective, Noun
deflection
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Noun
degenerate
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
degeneration
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Noun
degradation
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Noun
degrade
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Verb
demise
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Noun, Verb
demotion
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Noun
denial
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Noun
deny
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Verb
depletion
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Noun
depot
/x
Noun
depreciate
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Verb
depress
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Verb
depression
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Noun
deprive
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Verb
descend
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Verb, Noun
descent
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Noun
deteriorate
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Verb
deterioration
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Noun
detract
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Verb
devaluation
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Noun
dim
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
diminish
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Verb
diminution
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Noun
dip
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Noun, Verb
disaffection
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Noun
disallow
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Verb
disappearance
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Noun
disdain
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Noun, Verb
dishonor
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Noun, Verb
dismiss
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Verb
dismissal
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Noun
disobey
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Verb
dispersal
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Noun
disrepair
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Noun, Verb
dissipation
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Noun
distal
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Adjective
distance
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Noun, Verb
distributor
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Noun
disuse
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Noun, Verb
dive
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Noun, Verb
dock
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Noun, Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downfall
/x
Noun, Verb
downgrading
//x
Noun
downhill
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Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
downregulation
/xx/x
Noun
downside
/x
Noun
downsizing
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Noun
downslope
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb
downstream
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb
downturn
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Noun, Verb
downward
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Adjective, Adverb
drawdown
/x
Noun
drop
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Noun, Verb
drop off
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Phrase, Verb
dwindle
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Verb
ease
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Noun, Verb
ebb
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
electrode
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Noun
elevators
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Noun
end
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Noun, Verb
endpoint
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Noun, Verb
erosion
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Noun
estuarine
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Adjective
estuary
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Noun
exacerbation
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Noun
exponential
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Adjective, Noun
fade
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
fail
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
fall
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Verb, Noun
fall away
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Phrase, Verb
fallback
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
falling off
/x/
Phrase, Noun
fatal
/x
Adjective, Noun
ferry
/x
Noun, Verb
fig
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Name, Verb
file
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Noun, Verb
final
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
finale
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Noun
flat
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
futures
/x
Noun
gare
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Noun
gate
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Noun, Verb
give
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Verb, Noun
gutter
/x
Noun, Verb
hall
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Noun
handset
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Noun, Verb
harbor
/x
Noun, Verb
have
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Verb, Noun
hem
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Noun, Verb
hindsight
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Noun
homologous
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Adjective
hub
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Noun
hydrophobic
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Adjective
identity
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Noun
ill
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
illness
/x
Noun
impairment
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Noun
improve
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Verb
improvement
x/x
Noun
incline
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Noun, Verb
increase
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Noun, Verb
incurable
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Adjective, Noun
individually
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Adverb
inflame
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Verb
initial
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
inlet
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Noun, Verb
intermediate
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
invoke
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Verb
jetty
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
junction
/x
Noun, Verb
kick
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Verb, Noun
kickback
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Noun
kiosk
/x
Noun
land
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Noun, Verb
landslide
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Noun, Verb
last
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
latter
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Adjective
lead
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
leakage
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Noun
leg
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
less
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lessen
/x
Verb
lose
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Verb, Noun
loss
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Noun, Verb
lounge
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Noun, Verb
low
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
lug
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Noun, Verb
mailbox
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Noun
marshalling
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Noun
meltdown
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Noun
minimise
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Verb
minimize
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Verb
mitigate
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Verb
module
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Noun
monitored
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Verb
morass
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Noun
narrow
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
neglect
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Noun, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
node
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Noun
number
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Noun, Verb
operable
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Adjective
override
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Verb, Noun
palliative
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Adjective, Noun
pass up
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Phrase, Verb
passenger
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Noun, Verb
pavement
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Noun
pier
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Noun
pin
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Noun, Verb
plane
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
plant
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Noun, Verb
plummet
/x
Verb, Noun
plunge
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Verb, Noun
pole
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Noun, Verb
port
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
positive
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Adjective, Noun
pull
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Verb, Noun
put
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Verb, Noun
quay
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Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
quiescent
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Adjective
railroad station
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Phrase, Noun
railway station
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
raise
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Verb, Noun
ramp
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Noun, Verb
rarefaction
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Noun
rate
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Noun, Verb
rebut
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Verb
recede
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Verb
recession
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Noun
recline
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Verb, Noun
recoil
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Noun, Verb
reduce
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Verb
reduction
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Noun
reflux
xx
Noun, Verb
refusal
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Noun
refuse
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
refute
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Verb
register
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Noun, Verb
regress
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Noun, Verb
regression
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Noun
reject
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Verb, Noun
rejection
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Noun
relent
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
relieve
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Verb
renounce
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Verb, Noun
residual
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Adjective, Noun
result
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Noun, Verb
retraction
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Noun
retreat
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Noun, Verb
retrenchment
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Noun
retrograde
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
retrogression
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Noun
retrospect
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Noun, Verb
reversal
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Noun, Adjective
rise
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Noun, Verb
rollback
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Noun, Verb
rout
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Noun, Verb
rundown
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Noun, Adjective
sag
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Noun, Verb
scorn
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Noun, Verb
senior
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Adjective, Name
server
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Noun
setback
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Noun
shortening
/xx
Noun
shortfall
/x
Noun
showroom
/x
Noun, Verb
shrink
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Verb, Noun
shrinkage
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Noun
sicken
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Verb
sidewalk
/x
Noun
silo
/x
Noun, Verb
sink
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Noun, Verb
slack
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
slackening
/xx
Noun
slide
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Noun, Verb
slip
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Noun, Verb
slippage
/x
Noun
slope
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Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
slow
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Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
slowdown
/x
Noun
slump
/
Noun, Verb
softening
/xx
Noun
spalling
/x
Noun
spoilage
/x
Noun
spurn
/
Verb, Noun
stagnation
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Noun
stand
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Verb, Noun
station
/x
Noun, Verb
steep
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
stops
/
Noun
stumble
/x
Verb, Noun
subside
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Verb
substation
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Noun
suffer
/x
Verb
sunset
/x
Noun, Verb
switchboard
/x
Noun
take
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Verb, Noun
tau
/
Noun
tendency
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Noun
term
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
terminally
/xxx
Adverb
termination
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Noun
termini
/xx
Noun
throwback
/x
Noun
tower
/x
Noun, Verb
train
/
Noun, Verb
transmitter
x/x
Noun
trend
/
Noun, Verb
tumble
/x
Verb, Noun
turn down
//
Phrase, Verb
twilight
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ultimate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
upgrade
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Verb, Noun, Adverb
upstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
upswing
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Noun, Verb
upturn
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Noun, Verb
wane
/
Verb, Noun
waterfall
/xx
Noun, Verb
weaken
/x
Verb
weakness
/x
Noun
wear
/
Verb, Noun
wear on
//
Phrase, Verb
wharf
/
Noun, Verb
wilt
/
Verb, Noun
wire
/x
Noun, Verb
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
withhold
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Verb, Noun
workstation
/xx
Noun
worsen
/x
Verb
worthlessness
/xx
Noun
wreck
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Noun, Verb
yard
/
Noun, Verb