steep decline

collocation in English

meaningsofsteepanddecline

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steep
adjective
uk
/stiːp/us
/stiːp/
(of a slope) rising or falling at a ...
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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 ofsteepanddeclinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As in fish, the responses to modulation showed asteepdeclineof standard deviation of rate with sampling duration.
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Population fluctuations in this period were strong, with an alternation of periods of rapid growth andsteepdecline.
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During phase 3 there was asteepdeclinein termites tunnelling in the wet sand and an increase in their tunnelling in dry sand.
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This has been reflected in asteepdeclinein the numbers of members and volunteers attending annual meetings.
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The continuing gradual decline, rather thansteepdeclineor loss of relationship, cannot be accounted for here without further substantiation of individual participant emphasis on productive fluency.
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Harris showed an initialsteepdeclineto 1966-68, then a period of relative stability to 1971-73, followed by a further decline.
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The evidence shows that there is a real danger that farming in the less-favoured areas could go intosteepdecline.
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There has been asteepdeclinein housing repairs funded from the public purse, particularly repairs to our city tenements.
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Early in 1973 asteepdeclineset in for private housing starts.
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Thesteepdeclinein private sector rented accommodation has already been referred to many times.
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I now turn to the economic, social and human consequences of thesteepdeclinein the industry's manpower requirements.
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That contrasts with most other parts of the world, where poverty is stable or insteepdecline.
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The figures for incoming dependants are, in 1968, 43,000 odd; in 1969, 29,000 odd; and in 1970, 9,000 odd, which is a verysteepdecline.
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It is incontrovertible that, as has already been said, the shipbuilding industry has been insteepdeclinefor more than a generation.
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It is unprecedented to see every sector of agriculture and horticulture in suchsteepdecline.
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There was then a verysteepdecline, which shows that very real harm was caused.
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From 1985 through to the early 1990s, the coal industry suffered asteepdecline, with employment falling from 270,000 people to fewer than 20,000.
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The number of allotments was bound to come down in asteepdeclineafter the war.
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For over a quarter of a century each year saw a decline, often asteepdecline, in the number.
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It has been a major factor in the toosteepdeclineof our industry during the past 16 years.
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