sharp decline
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsharpanddecline
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sharp
adjective
uk/ʃɑːp/us/ʃɑːrp/
having a thin edge or point that can cut something or make a hole ...
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decline
noun[S or U]
uk/dɪˈklaɪn/us/dɪˈklaɪn/
when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality, ...
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(Definition ofsharpanddeclinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Introduction of whole-cell pertussis vaccine in the 1940s led to asharpdeclinein the incidence of the disease in the developed world.
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Asharpdeclinein independent living can only be observed from age 75.
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It is important to note that in addition to thesharpdeclinein browser populations, our study has also shown a decrease in grazer populations.
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Thesharpdeclinein cereal production following the elimination of the fertilizer subsidy was due to the high intensity of fertilizer use on these crops.
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Despite contrasts in economic development, both cities experienced asharpdeclinein levels of church attendance.
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In addition, it is the minority language that showed asharpdeclinein use across generations, in favor of the majority language.
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First, the slowing rates of growth in membership and attendance which moved into asharpdeclinefrom the 1960s.
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Such a change of strategy clearly favours the child's increasing use of the minority language, which entails asharpdeclinein rates of mixing.
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By the late 1920s the former had largely been phased out, and the depression caused asharpdeclinein revenues derived from exports.
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The network was established in response to thesharpdeclineover the past 10 years in the number of clinical academics and radiation biologists.
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In other words, the scenario assumes asharpdeclinein households formed by single dependent elderly people moving in with their children.
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However, disease soon reached those areas and in 1996 there was asharpdeclinein production, causing farmers to move on.
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In spite of the preventive measures, forest wealth continued to show asharpdecline.
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A particularlysharpdeclineoccurs when the oldest child leaves home, and once again after the husband's retirement.
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The year 1948 saw asharpdeclinein this percentage.
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The network was established in response to thesharpdeclineover the past ten years in the number of clinical academics and radiation biologists.
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In spite of this success, the party experienced asharpdeclinethat led to its dissolution around 1898.
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Thesharpdeclineof world market prices for the mineral resource in the mid-1970s caused a severe economic and revenue crisis.
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In general, prevalence peaks in women under 25 years of age, followed by asharpdeclineto very low levels in older women.
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