sharp decrease
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsharpanddecrease
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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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decrease
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈdiː.kriːs/us/ˈdiː.kriːs/
a ...
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(Definition ofsharpanddecreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For men, there is asharpdecreasein the earnings share that occurs between one year before and one year after retirement.
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This is followed by asharpdecreasein the middle years, with the dip being lowest between the ages of 20 and 39.
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An increase in the electron current beyond this maximum value leads to asharpdecreasein the anode current to a new lower value.
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Asharpdecreasein suckling still represents a physiological 'loss' of the baby for her, but supplementary feeding no longer does.
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Consequently, there was asharpdecreasein the number of persons available as military recruits.
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It is important to observe that, at the point closest to the wall in the central profiles, there is asharpdecreasein the velocity.
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The coverage of some species increased dramatically with island size, though none of the species exhibited asharpdecreasein coverage.
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This outcome is consistent with the hypothesis that individuals who lose a spouse, especially in cases of divorce, tend to experience asharpdecreasein network size.
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These crowd out private savings and aggregate asset holdings by households (x22.5 % in the baseline case), which is reflected in asharpdecreasein net foreign assets.
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Thesharpdecreasein temperature and increase in mass density in the immediate vicinity of the capillary wall surface can be explained by wall ablation of the capillary.
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It also produced what is to me a rather curious side light: it produced asharpdecreasein crime, particularly in petty larceny.
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Does he not think it will mean asharpdecreasein profits for the barley farmer?
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That is likely to lead to asharpdecreasein overall numbers and an equal increase in wounding rates.
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Does he accept that, in fact, a sharp increase in the prison population has coincided with the onlysharpdecreasein crime that we have had in 30 years?
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The choice of 1960 for the introduction of the longer course takes account of the prospect of asharpdecreasein the number of children at school after 1961.
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There was asharpdecreasein the population between 1921 and 1931, when the number of residents fell from 26 to only nine.
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