eventual decline

collocation in English

meaningsofeventualanddecline

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eventual
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈven.tʃu.əl/us
/ɪˈven.tʃu.əl/
happening or existing at a later time or at the end, especially after a lot of effort, ...
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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 ofeventualanddeclinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Explanations for theeventualdeclineof up-country traders and porterage must therefore be sought through analysis of change in the early colonial political economy.
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The incompatibility of a finite amount of agricultural land with provision of subsistence to a continually increasing population entails aneventualdeclinein output per capita and cessation of growth.
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This resulted in investigation by a parliamentary commission and theeventualdeclineof the academy.
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Both cities also owe much of their history and present character to the rise andeventualdeclineof the automobile industry.
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Their inability to adapt their flooding infrastructure may have led to itseventualdecline.
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The umlauts, which may have been one of the reasons for the language'seventualdeclineinto obscurity, were the subject of ridicule.
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Ironically, hip hop music was also a proponent in theeventualdeclinein disco popularity.
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This led to itseventualdeclineas a prime residential area.
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He cited that the public would not enjoy the repetition of the game, a foreshadowing of theeventualdeclineof the game.
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Following this loss they began a period of migration andeventualdecline.
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Several incidents occurred in the late 1960s, some with racial overtones, and the trouble contributed to the park'seventualdecline.
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This usually consists of a sudden and temporary "increase" in the response's frequency, followed by theeventualdeclineand extinction of the behavior targeted for elimination.
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From its founding in 1968 it grew to over 500 locations by the mid 1980s, before aneventualdecline, sale, and closure of the chain in 1995.
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