apparent decline

collocation in English

meaningsofapparentanddecline

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apparent
adjective
uk
/əˈpær.ənt/us
/əˈper.ənt/
able to be seen ...
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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 ofapparentanddeclinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofapparent decline

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There is noapparentdeclinein these differences at present.
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Thisapparentdeclinein phonetic sensitivity parallels the decline we have found in the number of phonetically based error responses, between four-year-olds and seven-year-olds.
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Theapparentdeclineof the welfare state has heightened fearfulness of the consequences of poor savings outcomes.
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The first possibility is that theapparentdeclinewith age is genuine.
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Therefore, theapparentdeclinein numbers recovered at this time is most probably an artifact of the experiment.
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Globalization trends and anapparentdeclinein the strength of the nation-state only helped consolidate the new outlook.
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I should make it clear that theapparentdeclineis mainly the result of transactions in inter-company accounts.
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Key problems include the strength of sterling, theapparentdeclinein export demand and the surplus of cull ewes and light male hill lambs.
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We were concerned, as was the committee as a whole, at theapparentdeclineof these centres.
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Part of theapparentdeclinein manufacturing activity is accounted for by a transfer of some of that activity to the services sector.
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He said that they had been manipulated and argued that that was the sole reason for theapparentdeclinein unemployment.
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We notice theapparentdeclinein the order of priorities.
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In fact, theapparentdeclineestimated on existing figures would not transpire.
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However, many of the poems and songs written during this period ofapparentdeclinelive on and are still recited and sung today.
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This is because of its limited range, estimated to be less than and theapparentdeclinein numbers of this species.
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The ineffectiveness of the law, theapparentdeclineof temperate drinking, and the growing prestige of bootleggers troubled her even more.
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Thisapparentdeclineis thought to have resulted from increasing fishing effort, the large proportion of juveniles captured, and the shark's low reproductive rate.
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His health was inapparentdecline.
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Hisapparentdeclinein popularity may have been as much a reflection of the public's changing taste for entertainment as it was a comment on his act.
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