decrease in number

Frequency: 7.010.3 per million words

to become fewer

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Examples (10)

  • The population of native birds will continue to decrease in number if we don't protect their habitat.
  • After the factory closed, the town's residents began to decrease in number.
  • The available job opportunities have sharply decreased in number over the last year.
  • As automation improves, we expect that manual labor roles will decrease in number.
  • We are observing a trend of bookstores decreasing in number due to online competition.
  • Why did the student enrollments decrease in number so suddenly this semester?
  • If poaching continues, the elephant population could decrease in number to a critical level.
  • It was noted that the complaints had started to decrease in number after the new policy was implemented.
  • The study shows that certain insect species are decreasing in number at an alarming rate.
  • The committee reported that attendees had decreased in number compared to the previous conference.