sharp decline

collocation in English

meanings of sharpand decline

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sharp
adjective
uk /ʃɑːp/ us /ʃɑːrp/
having a thin edge or point that can cut something or make a hole ...
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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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Examples of sharp decline

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Introduction of whole-cell pertussis vaccine in the 1940s led to a sharpdecline in the incidence of the disease in the developed world.
A sharpdecline in independent living can only be observed from age 75.
It is important to note that in addition to the sharpdecline in browser populations, our study has also shown a decrease in grazer populations.
The sharpdecline in cereal production following the elimination of the fertilizer subsidy was due to the high intensity of fertilizer use on these crops.
Despite contrasts in economic development, both cities experienced a sharpdecline in levels of church attendance.
In addition, it is the minority language that showed a sharpdecline in use across generations, in favor of the majority language.
First, the slowing rates of growth in membership and attendance which moved into a sharpdecline from the 1960s.
Such a change of strategy clearly favours the child's increasing use of the minority language, which entails a sharpdecline in rates of mixing.
By the late 1920s the former had largely been phased out, and the depression caused a sharpdecline in revenues derived from exports.
The network was established in response to the sharpdecline over the past 10 years in the number of clinical academics and radiation biologists.
In other words, the scenario assumes a sharpdecline in households formed by single dependent elderly people moving in with their children.
However, disease soon reached those areas and in 1996 there was a sharpdecline in production, causing farmers to move on.
In spite of the preventive measures, forest wealth continued to show a sharpdecline.
A particularly sharpdecline occurs when the oldest child leaves home, and once again after the husband's retirement.
The year 1948 saw a sharpdecline in this percentage.
The network was established in response to the sharpdecline over the past ten years in the number of clinical academics and radiation biologists.
In spite of this success, the party experienced a sharpdecline that led to its dissolution around 1898.
The sharpdecline of world market prices for the mineral resource in the mid-1970s caused a severe economic and revenue crisis.
In general, prevalence peaks in women under 25 years of age, followed by a sharpdecline to very low levels in older women.
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