accelerating decline

collocation in English

meaningsofacceleratinganddecline

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accelerating
adjective
uk
/əkˈsel.ə.reɪ.tɪŋ/us
/əkˈsel.ɚ.eɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
becoming ...
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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 ofacceleratinganddeclinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Perhaps the more likely explanation is anacceleratingdeclinein the marginal value of additional survival time (independent of pure time preference).
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Concerns are growing the world over about theacceleratingdeclineof the tropical forests, and its adverse consequences on the global environment.
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It is against the background of that rapid andacceleratingdeclinethat we should judge these proposals.
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That will be the consequence ofacceleratingdeclineand lack of critical mass.
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There is a danger of a continuing and evenacceleratingdeclinein their distant water fleet.
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At paragraph 11 the committee described theacceleratingdeclineof habitats and loss of species as "serious".
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This is not a matter of "flattening out", as the report suggests, but, on the contrary, it is a matter of "acceleratingdecline".
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It will be regarded as a symptom ofacceleratingdeclineat a time when every effort is being made to revive that city.
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We are now faced with anacceleratingdeclineof our own industrial system.
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This decline is illustrated in several ways—the unprecedented rate of inflation, theacceleratingdecline in the external value of our currency, and the record amount of borrowing.
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Theacceleratingdeclineof the small business sector is illustrated by the fact that the 643,000 private companies in 1976 had last year shrunk to 581,360.
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The conditions in which we get productivity improvements are certainly not conditions in which we have anacceleratingdeclinein employment and an accelerating increase in unemployment.
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Secondary infections of opportunistic bacteria and fungi may occur within damaged tissues,acceleratingdecline.
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In recent years however, anacceleratingdeclinehas been observed in the productivity of many important fisheries.
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The property has been empty and inacceleratingdeclinesince then.
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