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Example sentences for: declined

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The WP reports that while in Washington for a benefit for a writers' organization, Calvin Trillin and Edward Albee declined a proffered invitation to meet with Clarence Thomas.
New AIDS cases declined 18 percent in 1997 but only 11 percent last year.
From 2 billion breeding individuals in the 1960s, Atlantic cod populations have declined by almost 90%, according to Hutchings.
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Low-income workers were to receive a one-to-one match on their contributions, and the match progressively declined based on income so that higher-income workers would receive a lower match or none at all.