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Example sentences for: declined

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Over the last three decades, air pollution has declined by 29 percent, while our economy has grown nearly 160 percent.
The Times says this meeting was confirmed by a White House aide, while the Post says the White House declined to comment about it and has refused to release the relevant entry logs.
In life, as in Man on the Moon, apoplectic ABC execs declined to air the special.
(Sensibly, Gates' dad declined the advice.)
Histological scores also declined significantly from 7.17 ± 2.78 at baseline to 3.00 ± 2.61 at the end of 12 weeks PTU treatment (p < 002).