on the decline

idiom

: becoming worse in condition or less in size, amount, number, etc. : declining

His health is on the decline.

Sales are on the decline.

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According to Cornell’s ornithology lab, almost half of existing bird species worldwide are on the decline. —

Eliza Principe Garcia, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024 Deaths involving fentanyl nationally also appear on the decline. —

Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2024 Experts are worried about how President-elect Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy as Health and Human Services secretary will affect vaccination rates for school children, which have been on the decline. —

Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024 Fast forward to today, while cable is definitely on the decline, streaming services haven’t exactly delivered on their promise. —

Bruce Gil, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on the decline

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