dramatic decline
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdramaticanddecline
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dramatic
adjective
uk/drəˈmæt.ɪk/us/drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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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 ofdramaticanddeclinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This change of host is manifested as adramaticdeclinein numbers of aphids on a plant.
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Thus, the diversity at the generic level continued itsdramaticdecline.
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These patients claimed to have sought treatment earlier than they would have normally because of thedramaticdeclineand death of their injecting partner.
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They also have contributed toward adramaticdeclinein the cost of hospitalization for asthma patients.
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However, thedramaticdeclineof the birth rate - a result of rapid urbanization and increasing female employment - led to a re-direction of official discourse.
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Despite the generaldramaticdeclinewith distance, there is conflicting evidence over whether animal dispersed or wind-dispersed seeds move farther.
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In the fourteenth century, many regions witnessed adramaticdeclinein population, but in other regions the decline was only moderate.
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There has been adramaticdeclinein welfare caseloads and an increased work effort by former recipients.
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After peak intensity has been attained there is adramaticdeclinein intensity to a low level, which then persists throughout adulthood.
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There was adramaticdeclinein area in 1996 at most of the sites pegged in 1992.
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They suggest that thedramaticdeclinein fertility, most evident in the early twentieth century, merely returns demographic patterns back to a 'more normal' preindustrial pattern of the past.
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As a result of thisdramaticdeclinein the otter population, many hunts voluntarily agreed to cease hunting.
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The figures revealed that, in present-day cash terms, there has been adramaticdeclinein the amount paid during that period.
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There has been adramaticdeclineand there must be another answer.
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Thedramaticdeclinefrom 145,000 beds in 1961 to fewer than 45,000 today has been too drastic.
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I am not going to attempt this afternoon to describe or analyse thedramaticdeclinein the strength of our mercantile tonnage.
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During the last year or so there has been adramaticdeclinein production and sales.
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It shows a sharp improvement in the maintenance standards achieved for both sectors until just after 1979, followed by adramaticdeclinethereafter.
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This year has seen a furtherdramaticdecline.
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