declining demand

collocation in English

meaningsofdeclineanddemand

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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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demand
noun
uk
/dɪˈmɑːnd/us
/dɪˈmænd/
a ...
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(Definition ofdeclineanddemandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thedecliningdemandfor agricultural land, with a flexible supply, sees some acreage removed from production in response to declining agricultural incentives.
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Faced with severe foreign and domestic competition in a period ofdecliningdemand, the millowners had been unwilling to carry the risk of investment in the re-organisation of their industry.
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That is resulting in increasing and excessive demand for the subject and indecliningdemandfor traditional core subjects, which are in the engineering base.
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It is that there is a rapidlydecliningdemandfor gas coal.
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There will possibly be adecliningdemandin future for manual skills.
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Where poor condition housing— in all tenures— coincides withdecliningdemandfor housing and with social problems, we have a serious problem.
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While many elderly people do not have cars, an increasing proportion of younger families do and the bus operators facedecliningdemand.
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In recent years there has been adecliningdemandfor coal.
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For this expanding share there has been adecliningdemand.
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I think it is true that during the whole of recent years there has been adecliningdemandfor beef, and that that adds to our difficulty.
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At the same time, some people face adecliningdemandfor the skills and experience that they have acquired in their working life over the years.
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The industry was suffering fromdecliningdemand, rising costs and shortages of raw material.
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This meant that the company faceddecliningdemandfor its top two categories of products.
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By 1940 most countries had discontinued their production due todecliningdemand.
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Wine production has suffered in recent years fromdecliningdemand, reducing prices and over-production.
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Profit margins decreased on large vehicles due to increased incentives (in the form of rebates or low interest financing) to offsetdecliningdemand.
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Poor financial control of customer credit worthiness, collections and investment justification contributed to the cash crunch as much asdecliningdemandfrom customers.
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Thedecliningdemandalso lowers the price level.
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Several factors contributed to the need for a transition from globe manufacturer, and all were related todecliningdemand.
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