Declined
Meanings and phrases
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- He declined the offer of naming the area "Steven's Town".
- Temple was tempted but declined the offer.
- Bartoszewski, however, declined the offer.
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- The resident population declined to 7,537 people in 2010.
- The town population declined when the mines were exhausted.
- The city's population declined to 59,951 by January 1, 2014.
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- In the 1970s, the industry declined due to Far Eastern competition.
- This lasted until enrollment declined due to other schools opening in the area.
- Pratt wrote the influence of the Rofft declined due to a combination of events.
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- Ryan declined to run and endorsed Fisher in July.
- Nevertheless, Woodin declined to run for re-election.
- Knudson declined to run for reelection in 2016.
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- Foreign investments declined during this period.
- Proboscidean diversity declined during the Oligocene.
- The business declined during the early 1990s.
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- Interest in the Cottingley Fairies gradually declined after 1921.
- With the advent of sound in the early 1930s, the benshi gradually declined.
- Yet this discrepancy between female and male adoptees has gradually declined.
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- Kelly's health declined steadily in the late 1980s.
- His health declined and he died in June 1891.
- In late 1938, Whorf's own health declined.
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- Initially, he declined to comment on the issue.
- Arianna Huffington declined to comment on the matter.
- The Science Channel declined to comment on the decision.
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- A third fund was offered the notes, but declined to participate.
- Fairchild, North American, Martin, and Northrop declined to participate.
- For 2015, Juventus declined to participate while Internazionale returned.
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- Towards the end, its readership had declined significantly.
- The family's financial situation had by this time declined significantly.
- The extreme poverty rate has declined significantly between 1999 and 2010.
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- Herring declined to take the position full-time.
- In 1854 Lincoln was elected to the Illinois legislature but declined to take his seat.
- On March 10, 2005, the Green Bay Packers released Sharper after he declined to take a pay cut.
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- Natural fisheries output in the two lakes declined sharply.
- Both performance and attendance declined sharply after 2009.
- Per capita incomes also declined sharply, falling by 16 per cent.
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- They steadily declined until the show was cancelled.
- Since then, PPP's support has steadily declined.
- Thereafter its importance steadily declined.
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- After Ashoka's death, the Maurya empire declined rapidly.
- The Joseon dynasty declined rapidly in the late 19th century.
- After this performance, Silber's poll numbers declined rapidly.
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- Production has declined because of virus diseases.
- Cabeza de Vaca declined because of a payment dispute.
- The Carthaginian state declined because of successive defeats by the Romans in the Punic Wars.
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- By this time, he declined an offer to direct the Kannada film "Malaya Marutha" (1986).
- In 1980, however, he declined an offer to become provost, and instead returned to Panamanian politics.
- The government of Argentina declined an offer by the UK to have the bodies repatriated to the mainland.
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- Springsteen's management initially declined any comment.
- Flournoy initially declined Pushmataha's offer and offended the chief.
- Although he initially declined, pressure came from other countries and Watanabe agreed.
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- Lewis declined to seek reelection in 2012.
- She declined to seek re-election in 2014.
- He declined to seek re-election in 2017.
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- The FBI declined further comment.
- The rupiah declined further to one-sixth of its original value by January 1998.
- Dostoevsky's health declined further, and in March 1877 he had four epileptic seizures.
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- Sweden and Germany declined the invitation.
- Phalke declined the invitation but was again invited by the Maharaja.
- He declined the invitation, and considered quitting football to study for law school.
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- The Queen had offered to ennoble him as early as 1868; he had then declined.
- It initially earned good results, finishing second in 1981 but then declined.
- In the 2006-07 season was their debut in the Tercera División but then declined the following year to Senior.
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- From this point in 1974, the club rapidly declined.
- Direct dialing into local BBS systems rapidly declined.
- As a result, al-Jundi's power and influence rapidly declined.
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- Enlil's importance in the pantheon significantly declined and he was sometimes assimilated as merely an aspect of Marduk.
- In the mid-1960s, after its membership significantly declined, its records were donated to the Indiana Historical Society.
- The state's hold harmless policy regarding state basic education funding continued where a district received at least the same amount as the year before, even where enrollment had significantly declined.
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- Navarre again declined to join the Basque entity.
- The Taliban declined to join the peace process leading towards general elections.
- Portugal's Prince Regent John of Braganza had declined to join the Continental System against British trade.
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- In the 1970s, the industry declined due to Far Eastern competition.
- In modern times however the textile industry declined due largely to lower Asian wages.
- However, weather destroyed the crops in the early 20th century, and the industry declined.
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- On June 22, 1998, the court declined to hear his case.
- The Supreme Court declined to hear the case in April 2019.
- The California Supreme Court declined to hear the case in March 2013.
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- However, the practice eventually declined in popularity and was eliminated after 1979.
- Today the language has declined in popularity along with the Amiga computer for which it was written.
- In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the accordion declined in popularity due to the rise of rock and roll.
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- He declined to accept the nomination as a candidate for reelection in 1848.
- He declined to accept the offer, saying that there was a higher Obi than himself.
- Agnus was appointed US Consul to Derry, Ireland, and confirmed by the Senate, but declined to accept the position.
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- The town seems to have declined in importance after the middle of the 4th century.
- Razor-fishing, sand-eeling and limpeting used to be popular activities but have declined in importance.
- State of Origin also declined in importance, especially after an increasing number of player withdrawals.
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- The incidence of both has declined dramatically since then.
- Salmon populations declined dramatically after the establishment of canneries in 1867.
- The population declined dramatically following the second world war and now stands at less than 50.
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- From 2000–2019, high school enrollment declined 33.6%.
- From 2000–2019, high school enrollment declined 13.6%.
- After the war, enrollment declined as women preferred co-educational colleges.
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- The club declined to renew his contract at the end of the 2014 season.
- She had declined to renew it, stating that she wanted to temporarily "take a break" from showbiz.
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- Kelly's health declined steadily in the late 1980s.
- Between 1890 and 2001, churchgoing in the United Kingdom declined steadily.
- Since then, the number of Myspace users has declined steadily in spite of several redesigns.