in decline
idiom
: to become less powerful, wealthy, etc.
There was a general feeling that the country was in decline.
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The reason Bitcoin is in decline?
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
Thus California officialdom claims that predictions of the state’s impending collapse are false, while its critics say California is still in decline.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
The deployment of excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks at the bank site has given East Hartford residents a visual sign of change at Founders Plaza, a collection of office buildings that were modern a generation ago but in decline for the past 10 years or more.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
Evidence abounds that public schools are in decline, both in outcomes and student enrollment.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
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Jim Edwards, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
Thus California officialdom claims that predictions of the state’s impending collapse are false, while its critics say California is still in decline.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
The deployment of excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks at the bank site has given East Hartford residents a visual sign of change at Founders Plaza, a collection of office buildings that were modern a generation ago but in decline for the past 10 years or more.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
Evidence abounds that public schools are in decline, both in outcomes and student enrollment.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
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“In decline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20decline. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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