declining attendance

collocation in English

meaningsofdeclineandattendance

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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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attendance
noun
uk
/əˈten.dəns/us
/əˈten.dəns/
the fact of going somewhere such as a church, school, ...
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(Definition ofdeclineandattendancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These businesses were the first to close as a result ofdecliningattendancein the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
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This decision, along withdecliningattendance, led to the decision to cancel the event.
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The sport left the stadium in the 1950s owing todecliningattendanceand complaints of noise from local residents.
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Decliningattendanceand profits have led the operators to drop their lease and end the amusements at the park.
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Since opening, the building has not been well suited for the church, which has experienceddecliningattendanceat its services.
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Through their tenure, there were many obstacles; rising costs anddecliningattendancewere just a few.
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In 1973, the church administration, as part of an extensive reorganization, dissolved the parish owing todecliningattendanceand because transport links were now better.
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Some have since fallen out of use because of changing patterns of population ordecliningattendance, or because they have been superseded by other churches.
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Because of the school's progressive and liberal ideas, anddecliningattendanceat its supporting parish, the school was suffering from a deficient budget.
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Facingdecliningattendanceand a $500,000 repair bill, it was closed in 1984.
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The franchise suffered from years ofdecliningattendance, which in turn meant little money with which the team could sign decent players.
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It survived for three decades before closing from poor economics anddecliningattendance.
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The permanent structure was built in 1895 and was used untildecliningattendanceforced it to close in 1936.
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Decliningattendancecaused it to close, 1952.
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The event suffered from continuallydecliningattendance.
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Declining attendances meant that the competition was no longer contested after 198990 as an adult-level cup, although it continued as a youth tournament.
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After a large financial loss and declining attendances, optimism was not high at the start of the 195152 season.
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The success on the pitch did not prevent the club from suffering declining attendances which enlarged the financial problems.
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This publicity did little to help the already declining attendances to the fairground attractions.
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This was in response to the increasing transfer fees and player salaries at the time, which in combination with declining attendances, threatened to derail the league.
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